Parshas Masaei- Sickness or Symptom
~ Thoughts on The Parsha ~ Parshas Mattos-Masei Sickness or Symptom By: Daniel Listhaus וְאֶת מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן הָרְגוּ עַל חַלְלֵיהֶם אֶת אֱוִי וְאֶת רֶקֶם וְאֶת צוּר וְאֶת חוּר וְאֶת רֶבַע חֲמֵשֶׁת מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן וְאֵת בִּלְעָם בֶּן בְּעוֹר הָרְגוּ בֶּחָרֶב “They killed the kings of Midian along with their slain ones: Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, and Reva, the five kings of Midian; and Billam son of Beor they killed with the sword.” - Masei 31:8 When describing the battle that took place between B’nei Yisroel and Moav, the passuk (verse) singles out Billam and mentions that he was killed by sword. Rashi [1] writes that the passuk does so because when Billam came against B’nei Yisroel he did so with their craft of tefillah (prayer) because Billam knew that B’nei Yisroel triumph only with their mouth through prayer and supplication. Therefore Billam came and seized their craft by cursing them with his mouth. Rashi contin