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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ก, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ก (ืึฐึผืฉึทืืึทึผืโโ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ “๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง [๐ก๐] ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ” (๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ: “๐ข๐ง (๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ”) the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 13:17โ17:16.
In this parashah, Pharaoh changes his mind and chases after the Israelite people with his army, trapping them at the Sea of Reeds. Yahweh commands Moses to split the sea, allowing them to pass, then closes the sea back upon the Egyptian army. There are the miracles of manna and clean water. The nation of Amalek attacks and the Israelite people are victorious.
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๐ฌWhen we read the Book of Exodus we donโt only read of plagues but of miracles: the parting of the Red Sea, the provision of Manna and water and the giving of the commandments are just a few of the miracles that occurred in the Exodus narrative. What we must realize about the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea is that the Israelites had to get to the edge of the Red Sea with the Egyptian chariots behind them and that is when the Red Sea is parted and the Israelites are able to walk on dry ground experiencing a miracle.
The lesson we learn from the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea is that sometimes you have to get to the edge of defeat before experiencing your miraculous victory.
๐ผ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Listen to โ He Rebuked The Red Seaโ by Donald Lawrence from The Album Goshen and Wade in The Water performed by Sweet Honey in The Rock
๐ ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐คโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.