What is the significance of the fact the Bil'am compared Yisrael to a lioness and to a lion?
Rashi #1 and R. Bachye #1 (citing the Tanchuma: When they rise each morning from their sleep, they arouse themselves like a lioness and a lion 1 to grab Mitzvos, to don a Talis, to recite the Sh'ma and to put on Tefilin. 2
R. Bachye #2: It hints at Yisrael?s defeat of the Cana?ani nations. 3
R. Bachye #3: It hints at Yisrael?s incredible victory over Midyan - where not one soldier of theirs was killed and where they captured thirty-two thousand young girls!
Targum Yonasan: ?This nation is unique - they settle and encamp in their land wih might like a lion and, like lioness, they rise and do not sleep until they annihilated their enemies?.
What was Bil'am referring to when he said "Lo Yishkav ad Yochal Teref ... "?
Rashi #1 and R. Bachye (citing the Tanchuma: It means that Yisrael do not go to sleep at night before they recite Keri'as Sh'ma al ha'Mitah and deposit their souls with Hashem. (thereby devouring and destroying the demons that prey on them - Rashi). Consequently, if an army comes to attack them, Hashem protects them; He fights on their behalf and the enemy fall slain before Him. 1
Rashi #2 (citing Targum Onkelos) and Targum Yonasan: It means that they will not settle in their land before killing the nations and inheriting their property (taking the spoil of the slain - Targum Yonasan). 2
R. Bachye:With reference to 23:24:1:3 - it refers to the booty and the captives that Yisrael captured from Midyan.
Ramban: Beginning the conquest of Cana'an like a female lion and ending it like a lion. Refer to 23:24:1:1*/
What was Bil'am referring to when he concluded "ve'Dam Chalalim Yishteh"?
Rashi #1: He was prophesying that Moshe would not die before slaying the five kings of Midyan, 1 and that he (Bil'am) would die together with them. 2
Rashi #2 (citing Targum Onkelos): Refer to 23:24:2:2.
Chulin, 36a: It teaches us 3 that only blood that comes from from a slain animal renders food Muchshar Le'kabel Tum'ah, but not blood that flows from a live one. 4
Nidah, 19b: "Dam Chalalim" is confined to red blood, to preclude green of yellow blood from the Tum'ah of Nidah stains 5 and from being called a liquid. 6
Nidah, 55b: It incorporates the blood of the wound of a Zav in the Din of Metamei Tum'as Mashkin - because there is no difference if a person is completely dead or half dead (a wound).
Why did Bil'am mention specifically "Dam Chalalim"?
Chulin, 36a: To teach us that the blood of Chalalim - that comes from a dead person is considered a beverage, but not Dam Kilu'ach - that flows from a wound whilst the animal or the person is sqtill alive - is not, and is therefore not Machshir food to become subject to Tum'ah. 1
Nidah, 19b: To teach us that blood the color of Chalalim is Machshir and Metame because of Kesem, 2 but not that is green or yellow (like an Esrog). 3
Nidah, 55b: It teaches us that the blood that flows from the wound of a Zav is Machshir - because there is no difference between whether a person is completely dead or half-dead'.
