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5775 — Balak: Do we believe in magic?

In this week’s podcast, Neima Novetsky discusses parshat Balak and the question of magic. Parashat Balak speaks at length about the attempts of Bilaam to curse the nation of Israel. But why do we care if some heathen sorcerer was to curse us? Would his words have any power to harm us even if he succeeded in saying them?

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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

 

Neima Novetsky

Neima Novetsky is a Tanakh educator and co-founder of AlHaTorah.org, an online resource dedicated to Jewish textual study. She holds a BA in Religion from Princeton University and an MA in Bible from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School. She has taught at numerous Jewish educational institutions in Jerusalem and the United States, including Midreshet Moriah, Nishmat, and Matan, emphasizing critical thinking, textual analysis, and a lifelong love of Torah learning.