THE DARK KINGDOM EXPOSED: Sorcerers, Black Magic, Their Hidden Powers and How to Protect Yourself

Shalom Aleichem Chevra, what is going on?! If Hashem sent an angel of compassion to stop one of the most evil sorcerers in history — what does that tell us about how far He'll go to help you and me? In this shiur we dive deep into Parshat Balak, following Bilaam as he saddles his own donkey and rides out to curse the Jewish people. Rashi teaches us something wild right from the start: the Hebrew root of 'sin'a' — hatred — means it will shatter the normal boundaries of human conduct. Bilaam was so pumped up with hatred that he saddled his own donkey, something a dignitary never does. But here's the flip side we explore together: Avraham did the exact same thing, not from hatred, but from love. When Avraham was called to the Akeidah, he saddled his own donkey himself, because love breaks boundaries just as powerfully as hate does — only in the opposite direction. We then look at the angel Hashem plants in Bilaam's path and what Rashi calls a 'mal'ach of compassion' — a heavenly impediment meant to stop Bilaam from sinning and destroying himself. We talk about what that means for our own lives: sometimes when a door slams in our face, we need to ask honestly whether we're looking a