Can you help clarify the Jewish concept of "Satan" for me?
There is a famous Jewish teaching that if you want to find out the true meaning of something, find the first time the word appears in the Bible. The first time a form of the word 'Satan' appears is in Numbers 22:22 where an angel of G-d stood in front of Bilam and his donkey to obstruct them, to block their path. The word "l'satan", therefore, means to be an obstacle, an obstruction, a roadblock, an adversary, etc. The purpose of Satan and the Satanic force in the world is to obstruct our spiri
Zalman Kravitz