
When the Yetzer ha-Ra Wears a Black Hat
What is the deeper connection between Balak and Bila'am? R’ Natan reveals that Balak represents open evil, while Bila'am represents something far more dangerous: corruption dressed in the language of truth, Torah, and fear of Heaven. This teaching explores how the Yetzer ha-Ra can disguise itself as religious sincerity, turn machloket into a mitzvah, and lead a person away from real kedushah while claiming to defend it.

