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At the beginning of our chapter, Balaam faces the Wilderness, sees the tribes of Israel spread out before him and, is possessed by the Spirit of the God. With a sense of wonder, he blesses Israel: \u201c\u2026How goodly are your tents, O Jacob (Mah Tovu Ohalekha Yaakov<\/em>), your dwellings, O Israel!\u201d (Numbers 24:5). <\/span><\/p>\n

The Talmud (Sanhedrin 105b) understands Israel\u2019s \u201ctents\u201d and \u201cdwellings\u201d as the many synagogues and study houses that characterized Jewish life in Rabbinic times. Since the early medieval period, the earliest written Jewish prayer books contain a prayer to be said on entering the synagogue that begins with the first line of Balaam\u2019s blessing of Israel and continues with four additional verses from Psalms appropriate for coming into a synagogue: <\/span><\/p>\n

How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). <\/span>
\n<\/span>As for me, through Your abundant grace, I will come into your house to bow down to the Palace of Your Holiness in awe of You. (Psalms 5:8). <\/span>
\n<\/span>I love the House where You reside, and the place where Your Honor dwells (Psalms 26:8). <\/span>
\n<\/span>I shall prostrate myself and bow; I shall kneel before the Lord my Maker (Psalms 95:6). <\/span>
\n<\/span>To You, Eternal One, goes my prayer. May this be a time of Your favor. In Your abundant love, O God, answer me with the Truth of Your salvation (Psalms 69:14). <\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, Balaam\u2019s blessing continues to endure until our day in the many synagogues and study houses that still characterize Jewish life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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