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5760
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Once, in the early days of the Lubavitch Rebbe's leadership, a young man entered his office of the and begged for a blessing that he be exempt from military service (this was in the days of the Korean war). He was careful to explain to the Rebbe that he didn't believe in Rebbes and especially in Chabad, but he had no choice because he tried everything else to no avail and now he was desperate. |
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5761
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This week we read about the spectacular escape of the Jews through … the ‘Reed’ Sea.
[Off the subject, Yam Suf does not mean Red Sea! Moshiach will have to fix that along with all the non-Jewish Ten-Commandment Tablets (they really were square) and rounded branched Menorahs (really were diagonal)] |
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5762
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This week's section tells us of the final exodus of the Jews from Egypt; the crossing of the "Yam Suf" (Red Sea) and the destruction therein of the entire Egyptian army.
We learn that after this happeded, G-d rained Manna for them from heaven and made them rich from the wealth that was washed up on the shores of the Sea (in addition to the gold and silver that they took out of Egypt). |
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5763
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This week's section tells of the glorious crossing of the entire Jewish nation through the 'Red' Sea. But it opens on a strangely sour note: When G-d led the Jews out of Egypt He took them a roundabout way because He feared they would return to Egypt!
In other words, after G-d surrounded them with wondrous protecting 'clouds of glory' and decimated their enemies with ten miraculous plagues the Jews still had doubts! |
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5764
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This week's section begins with the splitting of the 'Red' Sea and finishes with:
"He (G-d) said, my hand is raised (in an oath) on the Throne of YH, an eternal war of G-d against Amalek!" (17:16) |
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5765
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This week we once again read about the splitting of the Reed Sea.
One of the basic tenants of Judaism is "The Enlivening of the Dead". Namely that some time after the arrival of Moshiach all the dead will return to life in physical bodies. |
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5766
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This week's section contains the song that the Jews sang after crossing the sea.
And the song is preceded by the sentence;
"Then will sing Moses and the Jewish people this song to G-d" (15:1)
At first glance this is not understood. |
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5767
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In this week's Torah portion we read of the last stage of the Exodus; the splitting of the sea followed by the monumental song of praise and thanks to G-d that the Jews sang afterward (15:1-19).
Interestingly this song is introduced by one of the clearest promises in the Torah that the dead will raise: "Then will sing Moses and the Jewish people this song:" (15:1 See Rashi). |
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5768
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This week we learn about two awesome battles. The first and most famous was G-d versus the Egyptians at Yam Suf (Reed Sea). And the second, found at the end of this week's Torah portion, was between the Jews and Amelek. |
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5769
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In this Torah portion we read about the splitting of the Reed ('red') Sea.
Never in history was or would there be anything like it; an entire nation of several million people escaped from the most powerful army in the world by walking on dry land in the middle of a sea! And then, as soon as they got to the other side the water miraculously caved in and drowned their pursuers! |
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5770
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This week we read how the Jews miraculously crossed the sea and sang an epic song of thanks to G-d. Then, shortly thereafter the Manna (called MAhN) which fed them for 40 years in the desert, began to fall. |
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