Parshat Num. 22:2-25:9
In this week’s parasha, the prophet Bilaam calls out the well-known verse “Mah tovu ohalekha Yaakov, mishk’notecha, Yisrael -How wonderful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel.” (Numbers 24:5) Balak, King of Moab, sends Bilaam to curse the people of Israel. But when Bilaam arrives at their tents and opens his mouth to curse them, this blessing emerges instead.