[Avodah] talking donkey

[s newman]

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After Bilam's donkey finally had enough abuse the donkey turned around and
verbally complained to Bilam. One would think that Bilam would be awestruck
at the sound of his donkey talking. Yet, Bilam doesn't flinch and he answers
the donkey back, getting into a verbal altercation a if this is a perfectly
normal everyday occurrence. Why?
Rav Chaim Kanievsky answers that Bilam was being accompanied by all the most
distinguished ministers of Moav, and he didn't want to look bad. Therefore,
he pretended that indeed he had a special donkey with whom he conversed on a
regular basis. He wanted to show the ministers how he puts his donkey in
place. Unfortunately, things did not work out so well for Bilam as he lost
the argument, shaming himself in front of his prestigious guides


--- saul newman
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