Bilaam: The Wisdom of the Common Man

Parshat Balak almost seems comical, how is it Torah?

Balak claims the Jews are a threat, that he is a victim. The whole parsha is based on a figment of Moav's imagination; there is no threat to Moav, the Jews were forbidden from attacking them!

Delivered at the OU Israel Center, June 26th, 2018 (13 Tammuz 5778)