Beshalach, בְּשַׁלַּח

Beshalach, בְּשַׁלַּח When He Sent Out 13:17-17:16

SHORT ESSAY: In the Aftermath of Song (Parashat Beshalach)

Imagine the high the Israelites felt at the Red Sea – a joy born of overwhelming relief and a clarity of gratitude and faith in life, in God, in all that is good — such joy, washing over them like the waters of the Sea, rising up in them as waves of jubilant song. But […]

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SHORT ESSAY: The Beginning of the Journey (Parashat Beshalach)

The children of Israel, on the eve of their departure from Egypt in last week’s parsha, paint their doorposts and lintels with the blood of the paschal lamb. The Sefat Emet suggests that the image of the doorway is significant. They are on the cusp of a new life. God has created a doorway into

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