Daily Zohar # 3402 – Balak – How to wash away evil and sorcery

Daily Zohar 3402

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Zohar Balak

Numbers 22:6
“וְעַתָּה לְכָה נָּא אָרָה לִּי אֶת הָעָם הַזֶּה כִּי עָצוּם הוּא מִמֶּנִּי אוּלַי אוּכַל נַכֶּה בּוֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִן הָאָרֶץ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי אֵת אֲשֶׁר תְּבָרֵךְ מְבֹרָךְ וַאֲשֶׁר תָּאֹר יוּאָר.”
“Therefore please come at once, curse (אָרָה) these people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

#253
Balak saw that the Israelites are strong as a Lion. He invited Balaam to join forces with him, and by the power of Balaam’s curses, he could cut off the strong arm of the Lion before he came to conquer Moav and take their land.
The verse says ‘Perhaps I shall be able’ in a singular form, and ‘defeat them’ in a plural form. It tells us that Balak owned the plan to weaken Israel and he needed Balaam’s power to do so.

#254
Number 22:11
“הִנֵּה הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם וַיְכַס אֶת עֵין הָאָרֶץ עַתָּה לְכָה קָבָה לִּי אֹתוֹ אוּלַי אוּכַל לְהִלָּחֶם בּוֹ וְגֵרַשְׁתִּיו.”
“‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse (קָבָה) them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”
Rabbi Aba tells us that Balak used two different words when asking Balaam to curse the Israelites. In the first time (Number 22:6) Balak used ‘אָרָה’ and in the second time he used ‘קָבָה’. Rabbi Aba reveals that at the beginning Balak asked Balaam to gather for him special weeds and heads of snakes to make magic, but after he saw that Balaam’s power of his mouth is stronger, he asked him to actually curse the Israelites.

#255
Balak didn’t forget his first plan and he gathered weeds and heads of snakes to make sorcery. He took a pot and stuck it 1500 cubits into the earth to store it for the end of days.
When David came he dug out water from the depth of 1500 cubits and poured it on the Altar, saying;
Psalms 60:10
“מוֹאָב סִיר רַחְצִי עַל אֱדוֹם אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי עָלַי פְּלֶשֶׁת הִתְרֹעָעִי.”
“Moab is My washpot; Over Edom, I will cast My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”
With that action and consciousness, he disabled the sorcery of Balak.

Lesson;
King David had purity, spiritual strength, powers, and the Holy Temple to make a special connection and wash away sorcery made long ago by Balak.
We don’t have the same tools King David had, but we have the Torah that is considered as living water. When we study the Torah we wash away layers of impurities that cover us for a long time, even from previous lives.

How to be saved from evil and sorcery
Here is a practical ‘script’ from the Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai.
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