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Throughout the Jewish world, Psalm 107 is recited in synagogues on Israel Independence Day.\u00a0 Each of the forty-three verses of the psalm are read first by the leader, and repeated by the congregation. This dramatic ceremony is explained by Rav Yoel Ben Nun (in his book \"The Miracle of the Gathering of Israel\", Yedidot Press, 2018 (Hebrew)).\u00a0 Rav Yoel interprets this psalm as an actual prophecy, describing in detail how the Jewish people will return to Zion after many years in exile. The recital of this prophetic description, therefore, is a fitting way to celebrate its fulfillment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The psalm contains seven sections, each one referring to an event in modern Jewish history.\u00a0 Here is a brief summary, including their fulfillment via contemporary historical events.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#1 (verses 1-3)<\/span>:\u00a0 A declaration of thanksgiving of the ingathering of the exiles (we should praise God that a good portion of the Jewish People has returned to the Land of Israel):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Give thanks to God, for He is good; His kindness endures forever. So shall say the redeemed of God, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, whom he gathered in from the lands\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#2 (verses 4-9)<\/span>: Those who came on foot to the land of Israel (i.e. from Yemen, Baghdad, Sudan):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Some lost their way in the wilderness\u2026 He showed them a direct way to reach a settled place\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#3 (verses 10-16)<\/span>: Those who were denied the ability to leave (i.e. from Germany, Russia, Iraq, Ethiopia), but managed to make <\/span>aliyah<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Some lived in deepest darkness, bound in cruel irons\u2026 He brought them out of deepest darkness, broke their bonds asunder.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#4 (verses 17-22)<\/span>: Those who went through torture and trauma (i.e. Holocaust and Communism), yet survived and made <\/span>aliyah<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They reached the gates of death\u2026. He gave an order and healed them; He delivered them from the pits.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#5 (verses 23-32)<\/span>: Those who came by sea to the land of Israel (i.e. The <\/span>Ma'apalim<\/span><\/i> ships):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Others go down to the sea in ships\u2026He brought them to the port they desired.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#6 (verses 33-38)<\/span>: The blessing of agriculture returns to the Land of Israel (i.e. the swamps turned into farms, the Negev yielded produce\u2026):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He turns the rivers into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty land\u2026.They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

#7 (verses 39-43)<\/span>:\u00a0 Pause is given for those who didn't survive the exile (i.e. Holocaust Day) and praise is given for the great number of people living in the land of Israel (i.e. Israel Independence Day). The psalm concludes that we have an obligation to give thanks for this miraculous event (i.e. Psalm 107 and Hallel):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They had been few and crushed by oppression, misery, and sorrow\u2026 but the needy He secures from suffering, and increases their families like flocks\u2026The wise man will take note of these things; He will reflect on the kindnesses of the LORD!<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":88575,"alt":"","title":"ps107-israeli independence 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In Exodus 15, immediately following the completion of the Jews singing the Song of the Sea (v. 1-19) Miriam leads her followers in song, music, and dance (v. 20-21):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron\u2019s sister, picked up a hand-drum,<\/span> and all the women went out after her in dance with hand-drums.<\/span> And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to God, for He<\/span> has triumphed gloriously; horse and driver He has hurled into the sea.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Based on the midrash (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 15:20:2), Rashi noted that the women apparently had musical instruments, but the men did not, and advanced an answer to this implied question:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

WITH TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES \u2014 The righteous women in that generation were confident that God would perform miracles for them, and they accordingly had brought timbrels with them from Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A similar question could be posed concerning the acacia wood (23 different verses regarding the making of the Tabernacle mention this material), since this type of wood was believed (wrongly) by most commentators to not have been indigenous to the wilderness of Sinai:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And these are the gifts that you shall accept from them: \u2026 and acacia wood\u2026 Take from among you gifts to God; everyone whose heart is so moved shall bring them\u2014gifts for God\u2026and acacia wood (verse 3,5,7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi, paralleling his interpretation of 15:20, attributes the availability of this wood for donation, to the prescience of the righteous before the descent to Egypt of Jacob\u2019s family (<\/span>see Genesis 46.<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

AND SHITTIM (<\/span>ACACIA<\/span><\/i>) WOOD \u2014 But from where did they get this in the wilderness? Rabbi Tanchuma explained it thus: Our father Jacob foresaw by the gift of the Holy Spirit that Israel would once build a Tabernacle in the wilderness: he therefore brought \u2026 (<\/span>acacias<\/span><\/i>) to Egypt and planted them there, and bade his children take these with them when they would leave Egypt (Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah 9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While it is one thing to take timbrels from Egypt unnoticed, and suddenly produce them when it is time to sing God\u2019s praises, it is unquestionably quite another to transport so much wood, first to Egypt, and then from Egypt to the wilderness. But such a distinction apparently did not phase Rabbi Tanchuma.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Assuming that the mythical journey of the acacia wood already began in Canaan, this would support the view that the Tabernacle was not simply a means by which God could sublimate the desires of the people for some sort of concrete representation of holiness in the midst of their encampment, or to enable them to atone for the terrible sin of fabricating and worshiping the Golden Calf. Rather that the Jewish spiritual geniuses with foresight, like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. were able to correctly envision that God wished to eventually reside among the Jews in the midst of their encampment, and that a place would have to be constructed for such a purpose, i.e., the Tabernacle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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You will bring them and plant them in the Mountain of Your Inheritance\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

Exodus 15:17 (<\/span>Parashat B\u2019Shalach)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Like a tree<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have been brought<\/span><\/p>\r\n

to the Mountain<\/span><\/p>\r\n

and planted<\/span><\/p>\r\n

in Jerusalem<\/span><\/p>\r\n

a bridge<\/span><\/p>\r\n

between heaven and earth<\/span><\/p>\r\n

my roots<\/span><\/p>\r\n

absorbing<\/span><\/p>\r\n

nourishment<\/span><\/p>\r\n

from past generations<\/span><\/p>\r\n

as many as the stars<\/span><\/p>\r\n

my branches<\/span><\/p>\r\n

stretching<\/span><\/p>\r\n

towards\u00a0 eternity<\/span><\/p>\r\n

never\u00a0 \u00a0 to\u00a0 \u00a0 be\u00a0 \u00a0 uprooted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 15 includes the famous song of the sea commemorating the miracle of the splitting of the sea. This is the first time in the text of a <\/span>sefer torah<\/span><\/em>, a Torah scroll, that the words are positioned in a different format than a simple paragraph. In the Torah, the text appears in a box-like configuration. Ostensibly, the alternating boxes are meant to symbolize the bricks that the Israelites had to build in Egypt. That helps link this song from beyond simply a song about the splitting of the sea to a song about the entire exodus from Egypt. The only other part of the Torah that is not written in the standard paragraph format is Moses\u2019s song at the end of Deuteronomy. These two songs, therefore, create bookends to Moses\u2019 leadership of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Until this point, Moses had been working with God to secure the freedom of the Israelites, but he had not been working directly with the people. The splitting of the sea is the first time that we see the interaction between the people and Moses. They complain to him about being trapped in the desert, and he has to figure out a solution. Even God says to Moses that he should not waste his time praying but should just lead.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The song opens by noting that it is sung by Moses together with the Israelites. Th song at the end of Deuteronomy is by Moses alone, as he releases the people to be on their own. This is also why the song here covers two different topics. Verses 1-14 are all about the Egyptians. These verses look backwards at what happened to the Israelites until this point. Verses 15-18 look towards the future. They talk about the other nations and where the people are going as they transition from slaves to a nation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another point of transition is verse 3: \"YHVH is a man of war, YHVH is his name.\" Recall that Moses tried to convince the Israelites that God had sent him by using the Tetragrammaton, and they did not believe him. Now, following the exodus from Egypt and the splitting of the sea, the people not only believe in God but they believe in the name that Moses brought to them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Avner Moriah\u2019s painting for Parashat Beshalach <\/em>pictures the Israelites making their way across a vivid blue sea while the Egyptian army is drowning. Above we see the spiral forms the artist uses to symbolize the spirit of God and on the left is a blue column that represents the pillar of cloud, the mark of God\u2019s Presence. At the bottom of the picture, in front of the pillar, we see Moses, holding his rod, leading a procession of people with their animals.<\/p>\r\n

Interestingly, the frame around the picture, which is made up of mostly black and white sketches of mythical figures, similar to depictions found on Near Eastern cylinder seals. What do those images mean and how are they related to the parasha<\/em>?<\/p>\r\n

The answer is to be found in the realization that this picture is not a visualization of the narrative account of the crossing of the Sea described in Exodus 14. Rather, the artist chooses to illustrate the poetic rendering of that miracle as related in Shirat Hayyam <\/em>(The<\/em> Song at the Sea<\/em>) in Exodus 15.<\/p>\r\n

Having left Egypt, the Israelites will be faced with the Ancient Near Eastern mythologies and the gods of the Babylonians, the Assyrians and the Canaanites. The frame of images is an interpretation of ideas that appear in Shirat Hayyam<\/em>, which allude to such gods: \u201cThe Lord, the warrior \u2013 Lord is His name. The deeps<\/em> covered them \u2013 they went down into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the foe. And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters<\/em> piled up \u2013 the floods stood straight like a wall; the deeps<\/em> froze in the heart of the sea<\/em>\u201d (Exod. 15:3, 5\u20136, 8,).<\/p>\r\n

The images in the frame tell us that God\u2019s victory was not only His conquest of Pharaoh but also His mastery over the mythical gods of the sea, the deeps and the waters. A similar struggle is mentioned in Isaiah 51:9\u201310: \u201cAwake, awake, clothe yourself with splendor, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the days of old, as in former ages. It was you that hacked Rahab in pieces, that pierced the Dragon.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

The sketched images in the frame are of such mythical gods. One, Tiamat, the primordial mother of all that exists, including the gods themselves, is rendered as a female dragon. She is eventually defeated and cut to pieces by the young god Marduk, known later as Bel, a name derived from the Semitic word\u00a0baal<\/em>, or \u201clord,\u201d of all the gods. Upon experiencing the miracle at the sea the Israelites became aware of God\u2019s might and accepted the truth of the words \u201cthe Lord will reign for ever and ever\u201d (Exod. 15:18). They finally understood that God is the only God, the mighty One, Who overcame not only the Egyptians but an entire array of mythical forces, and exclaimed: \u201cWho is like you, O Lord, among the celestials? 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\u201cIs God in our midst or not?\u201d (17:7)<\/p>\r\n

It seems unfathomable, after having witnessed the precision and depth of the miracles the Israelites have encountered that there could be doubts in anyone\u2019s mind.\u00a0And yet there are.<\/p>\r\n

Complaints, twice (15:24 and 16:20) about the water.\u00a0The people voice a desire for the return to Egypt to eat meat to the point of satiation, that prevails over what they perceive as their fate of being left in the desert where they fear they will die (16:20).<\/p>\r\n

Beyond the ten plagues they have experienced and the miraculous splitting of the Red Sea for them to pass through on dry land, the Israelites gain sustenance from heaven in these chapters.\u00a0 And yet, even though they are given both meat (the pheasants\u00a0in 16:13) and sustenance (the manna 16:13) directly from heaven, this stiff-necked people has trouble accepting the role of God in their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

God clearly states that the bread and meat they are receiving are in response to the complaints they have voiced (Exodus 16:11).<\/p>\r\n

The wording of the suspicion the Israelites express in their \u201ctrying of God\u201d (17:7) about God\u2019s location is \u201cb\u2019kirbainu<\/em>\u201d literally \u201cin our innards\u201d or more metaphorically \u201cin our midst.\u201d\u00a0 But they have <\/em>been given what they need, given a daily ration of manna, nourishment to enable them to survive in barren wasteland in the desert.\u00a0The bitter water they have tasted has been sweetened by their leader Moses.<\/p>\r\n

Even with\u00a0food from God literally filling their bellies, they are uncertain whether God is truly within them.<\/p>\r\n

How heartening!\u00a0The generation who actually experienced the incredible amazing awe-inspiring feats that later generations can only imagine had its questions and doubts.\u00a0They can\u2019t be compelled into belief or love for God with gifts from heaven.\u00a0They are permitted the time, forty years though it may take to wander, to develop a relationship with God.\u00a0As the portion opens, we are told that they will not be journeying in the express lane, but on the more local roundabout one so there is no chance of their hasty return to Egypt (13: 18).<\/p>\r\n

Even though this is a portion filled with miracles, the splitting of the Red Sea and the poem in celebration of it is at its core and center, Beshalach allows humans to express their doubts and uncertainties.\u00a0Belief is not compelled but developed, unfolding gradually.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Uncertainty is as central as the miraculous in this portion of Beshalach<\/em> and in the forty years of wanderings that it commences, as it should be.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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When moving towards any goal as a team or a community every member must contribute something to make that dream a reality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For the Israelites that were breathlessly dashing towards liberation there were a handful of figures that stood out from the rest in terms of their contribution to making that freedom become a reality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One of those figures was a young boy named Nachshon ben Aminadav. The story goes that the waters had yet to be divided even though the Israelites were already patiently waiting on the shore. It was only when Nachshon had ventured neck-deep into the water that the sea finally parted and allowed for the rest of the tribes to enter onto the dry soil (Sotah 37a).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another one of those figures was Miriam. In Exodus 15:20 it says that she unpacked a timbrel from her bag and began to lead the women in a celebratory song and dance on account of their newfound freedom. It may seem that this is a contribution after the waters were already successfully parted, but that is not the case. Were it not for Miriam inspiring the people in Egypt with the reassuring words that victory was near and that everyone should pack instruments to celebrate\u200a\u2014\u200ait is very likely that the Israelites might have been too fearful or overwhelmed to even march to begin with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This brings us to Moses. While Miriam was inspiring and Nachshon was leading\u200a\u2014\u200awhere was Moses?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Nachshon was entering the water, Moses was strategizing. When Miriam was inspiring, he was organizing. Perhaps neither case was the best time for such a macro-level approach, yet this is what Moses did. In Exodus 15:24 it says that the people, that were now safe and sound, began to complain against Moses about the long and hard path ahead of them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How did he respond? He strategized and organized. He figured out how to provide the bare essentials for the people. But most importantly, the thing that Moses contributed to the success of the Israelites is that he never quit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

During these turbulent days in which we now live there are many that inspire, and there are many that make rash decisions that succeed, but it is the people that show up day in and day out that actually bring us closer freedom.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

May they find the strength to never quit or relent. May we find the grace to continue to be led by these unsung heroes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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No baby in their right mind would choose to be born. Leaving the warm, albeit cramped, haven of the womb, where gratification is so instant that there is no feeling of need, in order to enter a harsh reality mostly defined by lacking something- it's no wonder they cry so much. That cry cuts deep into the hearts of the new parents, reminding that, as much as they may want to, they cannot continue providing for their child's every need as they once did.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the cry of the Jewish people after they are forcefully pulled from the womb of Egypt through the birth canal of the Reed Sea. From a world where everything was provided for them, they now face the barren desert. But although God could accomplish what every new parent fantasizes about, He chooses not to, and this decision carries a critical message for us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When parents bring a child into the world, it is only the first of many difficult but necessary situations in which the child will feel that her parents are needlessly, inexplicably torturing her. Somewhere at the core of their cries, even before they learn to express it verbally, always lies the bitter accusation- \"Mom, Dad, why did you DO this to me?\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God's first answer to this question, to instruct Moses to throw a tree into the bitter waters, is explained by a wondrous Midrash quoted by Ramban.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\" 'And God showed him (<\/span>veyorehu<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/i> a tree.' The verse doesn't say 'to show' (<\/span>vayar'ehu<\/span><\/em>) but 'to instruct' (<\/span>vayorehu<\/span><\/em>). God taught him His path, that is, he instructed and taught him that God's way is to sweeten the bitter with the bitter.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A parent's first instinct when hearing their child's cries is to want to stop it as soon as possible, in any way possible (a candy, a screen, some combination of the two). That sends the message that, essentially, it really was better in the womb. The first thing we can teach our children is that this life's bitterness, pain, and dissatisfaction are real, but in this world we live in, we sweeten the bitter with the bitter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The euphoria of the miraculous splitting of the sea lasts only slightly longer than a tweet. After twenty-one verses of jubilant song and dance by both the men and the women, the timbrels and dancing shoes are exchanged for staffs and hiking boots. The children of Israel are on the way to the encounter God, but the journey is not easy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Finally after three scorching laborious days in the blazing desert sun, the Israelites finally find water. However, the water is undrinkable \u201cthey could not drink the waters of Marah because they were bitter, that is why the place was called Marah\u201d (\u201cbitter\u201d in Hebrew).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These verses encapsulate the vicissitudes that the Israelites will encounter during their time in the dessert. From miracle to Marah, from revelation to rejection, from redemption to ruin with constant complaints, but then with Moses\u2019 intervention the miracles and revelation return.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why was the water bitter? Scientific theories have been advanced to explain for the water\u2019s bitterness, but it appears that there is a spiritual reason. Water is the sustainer of life in the Torah, and a lack of water is a constant threat to the patriarchs and matriarchs. When the waters of the Sea of Reeds crash down on the Egyptian army the water transforms from the sustainer of life to a destructive force, and in turn becomes \u201cbitter\u201d and undrinkable. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Many have understood the bitterness as descriptive not of the waters, but of the people (\u201cfor they are bitter\u201d). The difficulty of the journey, the dragging the elderly and the children has embittered the Israelites, they are \u201cMarah.\u201d The rabbis teased out a lesson-water is necessary for life, and so is Torah. People can\u2019t survive three days without water, and the Jewish people can\u2019t go three days without Torah. 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For the first time since their departure from Egypt the Israelites do something together. They sing. \u201cThen sang Moses and the children of Israel.\u201d Rashi, explaining the view of R. Nehemiah in the Talmud (Sotah 30b) that they spontaneously sang the song together, says that the holy spirit rested on them and miraculously the same words came into their minds at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is an inner connection between music and the spirit. When language aspires to the transcendent and the soul longs to break free of the gravitational pull of the earth, it modulates into song. Words are the language of the mind. Music is the language of the soul.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So when we seek to express or evoke emotion we turn to melody. Deborah sang after Israel\u2019s victory over the forces of Siserah (Judges 5). Hannah sang when she had a child (1 Sam. 2). When Saul was depressed, David would play for him and his spirit would be restored (1 Sam. 16). David himself was known as the \u201csweet singer of Israel\u201d (2 Sam. 23: 1). Elisha called for a harpist to play so that the prophetic spirit could rest upon him (2 Kings 3: 15). The Levites sang in the Temple. Every day, in Judaism, we preface our morning prayers with Pesukei de-Zimra, the \u2018Verses of Song\u2019 with their magnificent crescendo, Psalm 150, in which instruments and the human voice combine to sing God\u2019s praises.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Music has extraordinary power to evoke emotion. The Kol Nidrei prayer with which Yom Kippur begins is not really a prayer at all. It is a dry legal formula for the annulment of vows. There can be little doubt that it is its ancient, haunting melody that has given it its hold over the Jewish imagination. It is hard to hear those notes and not feel that you are in the presence of God on the Day of Judgment, standing in the company of Jews of all places and times as they pleaded with heaven for forgiveness. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nor can you sit on Tisha B\u2019av reading Eichah, the book of Lamentations, with its own unique cantillation, and not feel the tears of Jews through the ages as they suffered for their faith and wept as they remembered what they had lost, the pain as fresh as it was the day the Temple was destroyed. Words without music are like a body without a soul.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Faith is more like music than like science. Science analyzes, music integrates. And as music connects note to note, so faith connects episode to episode, life to life, age to age in a timeless melody that breaks into time. God is the composer and librettist. We are each called on to be voices in the choir, singers of God\u2019s song. Faith teaches us to hear the music beneath the noise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Images from both the Sarajevo Haggadah and Mainz Haggadah both depict the crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus 14. Each artist highlights different aspects of the story, and portrays the crossing itself, the nation of Israel, the fate of the Egyptians, and the roles of God and Moses in unique ways. The differing renderings help the learner reexamine the Biblical text by highlighting many of the nuances and gaps in the original telling.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Sarajevo Haggadah shows the Egyptians drowning in the sea while the Israelites simultaneously cross unharmed right next to them. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The Mainz Haggadah, in contrast, depicts the Egyptians drowning only once the Israelites have reached the shore.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Which is truer to the text of Exodus? The verses are unclear, and the disagreement relates to two ambiguities in the text. First, does the repetition of the description of the Children of Israel crossing in Exodus 14:29, following the <\/span>account of the Egyptians drowning, suggest that they were still in the sea at the time? Second, do the words, \u201cIsrael saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea\u201d in <\/span>Exodus 14:30 mean that the Israelites saw the enemy dying while they themselves were already on shore or that they saw the corpses wash up onto shore?<\/span> The varying readings may also relate to each commentator's general approach to miracles: \u00a0are they performed in as natural a manner as possible or not?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Occasionally Elie Wiesel would open his class by singing a niggun, a wordless melody, according to a<\/span> new account of his time in the classroom<\/span><\/a>. Wiesel\u2019s rationale for his singing was, according to former teaching assistant Ariel Burger, \u201cAs you know teaching and learning do not happen only through the sharing of information: there must be an added element.\u201d Wiesel talked about how he had been lecturing all semester \u00a0and yet there was a lack of engagement in the classroom. Wiesel explained his pedagogical decision, \u201cAnd yet I felt something was missing: the melody. So I decided to sing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c<\/span><\/i>Shirat Hayam<\/span><\/em>,\u201d the Song at the Sea, is \u00a0recounted not just by staid and static words but in the movement of Miriam and the women in dance and in drumming (Exodus 15:20-21). This section of the text - signaled to us in the visual cue of the brick wall arrangement of the words themselves - appears different to get our attention as readers, to let us know that this moment, this experience is unlike anything we\u2019ve encountered before. It is not the first poem in the Hebrew Bible, which is Genesis 4:23-24, according to Robert Alter\u2019s <\/span>Art of Biblical Poetry<\/span><\/em>, but it is the first retelling of a historical event through poetry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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One aspect of the poem I\u2019ve always been intrigued by \u00a0is the interplay between Moses\u2019 singing in the singular (Exodus 15:1) and Miriam\u2019s call to others and performance in the plural (Exodus 15:20). Moses creates the shell of the experience in the language of the poem, and Miriam fills it in, adding the sound and the rhythm and movement, the fuller meaning, that the shell of the words alone won\u2019t access.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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This week\u2019s\u00a0parsha<\/em>\u00a0begins with\u00a0Bnei Yisrael<\/em>\u00a0making a harrowing escape from Egypt only to find themselves trapped by a raging sea in front of them and an angry Egyptian army charging behind them. The people are understandably terrified and they turn to Moshe and exclaim, \u201cWhat have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt\u2026 it is better to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness!\u201d (Exodus 14:11-12). Learn with Sefi Kraut and\u00a0download this week\u2019s parsha experience for the whole family<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n

And if you have teens, be sure to check out our\u00a0Parsha Discussion<\/a>\u00a0for a more mature setting.<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cWho is like you, O Lord, among the mighty? \u00a0Who is like You, great in holiness, awe-inspiring above all praise, doing marvels?\u201d (Exodus 15:11) <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How great is God, the One before all ones,
\r\n<\/span>Who will last beyond all lasts and never change;
\r\n<\/span>Whose light ignited galaxies of suns
\r\n<\/span>In spheres and vessels, marvelous and strange.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How great is God, Who turns to us in grace,
\r\n<\/span>Who hands us down His words and His commands
\r\n<\/span>Through Moses, prophets, scholars, who embrace
\r\n<\/span>The <\/span>Torah\u2019s <\/span><\/i>oceans, coral-reefs and sands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How great is God, Who knows our thoughts and deeds,
\r\n<\/span>Our inner hopes before our hopes are born;
\r\n<\/span>Who sees unending orchards grow in seeds
\r\n<\/span>Before they\u2019re sown, Who gathers those who mourn.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How small is man, yet God, in greatness, gives
\r\n<\/span>His promise that despite man\u2019s death \u2014 man lives.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Yigdal","tile_main_caption":"How small is man, yet God, in greatness, gives \/ His promise that despite man\u2019s death \u2014 man lives","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"15","chapter_main_number":"65","date":"20251127","wall_id":"65"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"},{"term_id":"374","name":"Humanity","old_id":"774"},{"term_id":"384","name":"God","old_id":"784"}]},{"order":19,"id":"41835","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"MiliMiliM - The Hebrew Corner - Exodus 15 ","post_title":"MiliMiliM - The Hebrew Corner - Exodus 15","slug":"milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-exodus-15","old_id":"41835","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34011,"post_title":"Jeremy Benstein","slug":"dr-jeremy-benstein","old_id":"34011","first_name":"Jeremy","last_name":"Benstein","description":"Dr. Jeremy Benstein is the managing editor of 929-English. He is one of the founders of the Heschel Center for Sustainability. He writes the MiliMiliM - Hebrew Corner on the site, and is the author of a book about the Hebrew language, \"Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes: A Tribal Language in a Global World\" (Behrman House, 2019). ","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"short_description":"Dr. Jeremy Benstein is the managing editor of 929-English, and is the author of a book about the Hebrew language, \"Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes: A Tribal Language in a Global World\" (Behrman House, 2019). ","link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":34232,"alt":"","title":"Jeremy Benstein","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Presentation1-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"65","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 - Kodesh - Holiness\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

15:11-Who is like You, O LORD, among the celestials; Who is like You, majestic \"bakodesh<\/em>\" in holiness, Awesome in splendor, working wonders!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

13 - In Your love You lead the people You redeemed; In Your strength You guide them to \"neveh kodshecha<\/em>\" Your holy abode\u2026.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>17 - You will bring them and plant them in Your own mountain, The place You made to dwell in, O LORD, \"mikdash<\/em>\" The sanctuary, O LORD, which Your hands established.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The root \u05e7-\u05d3-\u05e9 <\/span>k-d-sh<\/span><\/em> appears three times in this chapter - once referring to God, and twice (seemingly anachronistically) to a place, a temple. But this root is one of the most central ones in the Jewish tradition - it connects to wine, women (and men), and prayer; and also to funerals, martyrdom and the moon - so let\u2019s take a brief tour through its main expressions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Tanakh, the source of all that is holy is God. A common name of God is \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0, <\/span>hakadosh baruch hu<\/span><\/em>\u2013 literally, \"the Holy One, blessed be He.\" Or in a less gendered translation, \"The Holy Blessed One\" (but Hebrew does not have the luxury \u2013 yet \u2013 of going without gendered pronouns).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In turn, many things associated with divinity, such as the \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9 <\/span>Beit Ha-Mikdash<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>\"the Temple,\" \u00a0(literally, closer to \"the Home of Sanctification\") use one form or another of this root.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Torah scrolls are housed in the \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9, <\/span>aron ha-kodesh<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> \"the ark of holiness.\" And, not to be outdone, the inner sanctum of the Temple was the ne plus ultra, \u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd <\/span>kodesh hakodashim<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>\"the holy of holies.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Temples were built in Jerusalem, known as \u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 <\/span>ir hakodesh<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> \"the holy city.\" Similarly, the official Arabic name of the city is al-Kuds (sometimes spelled al-Quds), same meaning from the cognate Arabic root.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The root \u05e7-\u05d3-\u05e9 <\/span>k-d-sh<\/span><\/em> though is found even more in verbs than in nouns, since the idea of a commandment, is a religious act which sanctifies the doer, or the very time in which it is done. For instance, the blessing said over the wine on the Shabbat is called the \u05e7\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9 <\/span>kiddush,<\/em> <\/span>\"the sanctification.\" But it's not the wine that is or becomes holy (no such thing as Jewish holy wine!), it is the Shabbat itself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And ourselves: \u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9 <\/span>kadosh<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> \"holy\" (plural: \u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd, <\/span>kedoshim<\/span><\/em>) is a call, a destiny and a destination, as we read next week, for the people of Israel to become a \"kingdom of priests\" and \"a holy nation\" (Ex. 19:6). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another \u05e7\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9 <\/span>kiddush<\/span><\/em> is the sanctification of marriage, known as \u05e7\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05df <\/span>kiddushin<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>where a couple embark on a path to bring sanctity to their relationship. The word used by the groom in his declaration to the bride (and in many egalitarian ceremonies, by the bride to the groom) is \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9\u05ea <\/span>mekudeshet<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>\"sanctified\" \u2013 the very same word used in the ceremony at the beginning of a new month, where the waxing new moon is viewed and celebrated, and time itself and its cycles sanctified.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From marrying to burying: Then, and every day thereafter for up to a year after the loss of a loved one, an observant Jew says the prayer known as the \u05e7\u05d3\u05d9\u05e9 <\/span>kaddish<\/span><\/em>. Many people assume this incomprehensible Aramaic doxology is somehow a \"prayer for the dead\" but famously, death or the deceased are not even mentioned. The prayer, as the name attests, is a \"sanctification,\" this time of God, and God's life-giving role in the world. Likewise, the voluntary association of Jews who attend the dead body before burial \u2013\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d3\u05d9\u05e9\u05d0, <\/span>chevra kadisha<\/span><\/em> \u2013 engage in a special sanctification of the body that once housed the soul and life itself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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There are actually two songs - Moses' song \"Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord\" (15:1) and Miriam's song, which carries along the other women: \"and all the women went out after her, drumming and dancing\" (14:20) and shares with them: \"Sing to the Lord for He is mightily exalted; He cast horse and rider into the sea\" (14:21).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A song is not only another way to tell a story, it's a way to express emotions and emphasize what's important to the singer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here are a few things that the Song at the Sea emphasizes:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. What happened? <\/b>The song features a detailed description of the drowning of the Egyptians with all their impressive vehicles.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Where are we going?<\/b> The journey has just begun, but the Song at the Sea takes us into the future - to the entry to the Holy Land and even to the Temple - \"You bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, the place, O Lord, which You have made for You to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established\" (15:17).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. What do people say?<\/b> Verses 14-16 report world opinion: \"Nations heard and trembled, the dwellers of Philistia were gripped with fear. Then were the chiefs of Edom frightened; the mighty men of Moab - trembling took hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away...\"<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Moses<\/b> - Where is he?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The Lord!<\/b> \"The Lord will rule forever and ever\" (15:18) - a description of God's salvation and praise of God are an essential element of the Song.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    1. Special words<\/b>. \"Mightily exalted,\" \"and I will glorify Him,\" \"cover them,\" \"fill them,\" etc.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Rich similes<\/b>. Stone, lead, straw.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. Women singing and men singing<\/b>. There are subtle, thought-provoking differences between the two songs that the chapter describes. Does Miriam's song begin with the people and trickle down - \"And Miriam answered them\" - while Moses' song is organized at the behest of the leader? What's the difference between Moses' staff of leadership and Miriam's tambourine? And who started singing first, anyway? The men, as the chapter recounts, or the women, as often happens in real life?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    4. After the Song - Marah and Eylim<\/b>. The two first stops on the desert journey - and they're already dealing with one of the desert's greatest challenges: potable water. At Marah the bitter water is sweetened by a miracle. At Eylim they camp at an impressive oasis.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      5. <\/span>And this is just the beginning...<\/b><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Exodus 15","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"15","chapter_main_number":"65","date":"20251127","wall_id":"65"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"home_posts":false,"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/40950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}