Balak 25:02 · unit 1 — and they called the people
Parashas Balak · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 2 · TT unit 1
The Complete Passuk
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אכַל הָעָ֔ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃
And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
Chabad.org — 25:2
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 106a — R. Eliezer / R. Yehoshua on how the women encountered them.
Sefaria — Sanhedrin 106a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: עֲרוּמּוֹת פָּגְעוּ בָּהֶם; וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ כֻּלָּם בַּעֲלֵי קֶרְיִין.
English: It was taught: R. Eliezer says: Naked [women] encountered them; and R. Yehoshua says: that they all became ones who had had emissions.
Type of Learning
Dispute on the manner of the seduction implied by the call.
What Is Learned
The “call” of the verse is not neutral hospitality — it is the mechanism of the fall into idolatry.