Why did Hashem use an open miracle to rebuke Bilaam?
“H
ashem opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Bilaam, ‘What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?’ ” (Bamidbar 22:28)
The incident of Bilaam’s donkey miraculously speaking is both incredible and perplexing. Why did Hashem use an open miracle to rebuke Bilaam?
Furthermore, the Mishnah in Avos (5:6) tells us this donkey’s mouth was a separate entity created during Maaseh Bereishis. Why was it necessary for Hashem to make a new creation?
And lastly, why was Bilaam, a corrupt and depraved individual, chosen as the prophet of the nations? (Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter, Doresh Dovid)
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