Rabbi Elimelech Biderman: Balaam and Balak Promoted a Worldview of Natural Cause Alone

In a short daily inspiration clip, Hasidic preacher Rabbi Elimelech Biderman explains what he calls the "klipah", or negative spiritual force, of Balak and Balaam. He says their core idea was to make a person attribute everything that happens in the world to the laws of nature alone.

The message appears in a brief video segment labeled as a Friday or weekday encouragement item, accompanied by a 46-second clip of Biderman speaking. The article presents the teaching as a faith lesson rather than a news event, and it is published in the Haredi press context.

Biderman's point is that this outlook obscures divine providence and reduces events to natural causation. The piece links to another related clip featuring Biderman under the headline about trust in God, saying that one who trusts in the Lord does not worry, deceive, or regret.