Beshalach diritto d'autore 20ϮϬ di Mechon Beer Emunah [email protected] Traduzione a cura del team VedibartaBam Table of Contents Torah Wellsprings - Beshalach Shabbos of Emunah .........................................................................................................4 Believe in Yourself ...........................................................................................................5 The Hand of Emunah .......................................................................................................8 Bitachon is the root of success in Avodas Hashem ...................................................9 Kriyas Yam Suf in the merit of Bitachon...................................................................10 Hashem Acts with Us as We act with Him ................................................................11 The War with Amalek ...................................................................................................13 A Moment of Emunah ...................................................................................................14 Bitachon ...........................................................................................................................14 Feeding Birds on Shabbos Shirah ..............................................................................16 The Struggle to Have Emunah .....................................................................................17 Hashem Reminds Us .....................................................................................................18 Parashas HaMon ............................................................................................................18 Torah Wellsprings - Beshalach they believed, because now they ,ויאמינו בה׳ Shabbos of Emunah attained a far higher level of emunah. A yungerman once said to Rebbe Yaakov Yosef of Skver, zt'l, before Shabbos parashas When someone reaches a high level of Beshalach, “The Shabbos for parnassah is emunah his beliefs are as valid and real to approaching.” The reason Beshalach is the him as the things he sees with his eyes. They Shabbos for parnassah is because the parashah attained this level of Emunah at kriyas Yam This“ ,זה אלי ואנוה ,(discusses the mon that sustained the Jewish Suf, as the nation sang (15:2 is זה ”.nation in the desert. is my G-d, and I will glorify Him something that one can point to. Rashi בכבודו נגלה עליהם והיו מראין אותו באצבע, ראתה ,The Skvere Rebbe corrected him. “The writes Hashem revealed ,שפחה על הים מה שלא ראו נביאים Shabbos of emunah is approaching” because in this week’s parashah the Jewish nation himself to them, and they pointed to Hashem with their finger. A maidservant at the sea reached a high level in emunah (and earned saw what even the prophets couldn't see.”1 their parnassah in the merit of their emunah). There are 115 pesukim in the parashah, which teaches us ,יד אמונה For example, it says about the miracles of which is gematria They believed that the theme of the parashah is to have“ ,ויאמינו בה׳ ,(kriyas Yam Suf (14:31 in Hashem.” They believed in Hashem even emunah that everything happens according .Hashem’s hand ,יד ה׳ before kriyas Yam Suf, as it states in parashas to ויאמן העם וישמעו כי פקד ה׳ את בני ישראל ,(Shemos (4:31 The nation believed…” So, rather than calling this parashah the“ ,וירא את ענים ויקדו וישתחוו During kriyas Yam Suf the Torah repeats parashah of parnassah, it is more accurate to that techiyas hameisim, the resurrection of ,תחיית המתים מן התורה The Gemara (Sanhedrin 90-91) brings proofs that .1 the dead, is stated in the Torah. (.which means "Then Moshe will sing." The Gemara (and Rashi ibid ,אז ישיר משה ,(One of the sources is (15:1 The pasuk doesn’t state that Moshe sang. It states that Moshe" ,שר לא נאמר אלא ישיר מכאן לתחיית המתים מן התורה ,explains will sing. This is a Biblical proof that there will be techiyas hameisim." In the future, Moshe will sing praises to Hashem. asks, why did the Torah choose to hint to techiyas hameisim (מעיינו של תורה) Rebbe Yechezkel of Kozmir, zt'l specifically in the shirah that Bnei Yisrael sang to Hashem by kriyas Yam Suf? He answers that at this time the Yidden didn’t need to believe in Hashem, because they knew Hashem. They went beyond that level of emunah and reached the level of daas, until they could point with their But a Yid must always have emunah. There can’t be a moment that one doesn’t have .זה א-לי finger and say emunah at all, and he relies solely on his daas. Therefore, at this time, they placed their emunah in the truth it is an ideal place to discuss emunah in techiyas אז ישיר of techiyas hameisim. Therefore, by the shirah of hameisim. The" ,וירא ישראל את היד הגדולה אשר עשה ה׳ במצרים ,(Rebbe Yechezkel of Kozmir explains that therefore it states (14:31 ,וירא Jewish nation saw Hashem's mighty hand, what He did in Mitzrayim…" They reached the level of which hints to emunah in ,אז ישיר משה seeing, knowing; they didn’t need to believe. The words following are techiyas hameisim. Because at this time, when they knew Hashem, they placed their emunah in techiyas hameisim. Torah Wellsprings - Beshalach 5 the sea became like ,פוררת בעזך ים ,call it the parashah of emunah. And when Klal As it states .pieces ,פירורים .Yisrael have emunah, they will have parnassah As it states in this week’s parashah, after kriyas Yam Suf and after the lofty levels of The Tosfos Yom Tov writes, "What was ?the purpose of the seabed looking like tiles הנני ,(emunah that the nation attained (16:4 Behold, I will make it I think it was for beauty, to honor Bnei“ ,ממטיר לכם לחם מן השמים rain bread from heaven," because emunah is Yisrael. [It was so Bnei Yisrael should feel mesugal for parnassah and many other things honored as they walked through the Yam too, as we will discuss. Suf on a beautifully tiled floor.] This is also the reason the sea became like a tent (the Believe in Yourself second miracle). It cannot be that the purpose of the canopy was to protect them from rain ,ענני כבוד An important aspect of emunah is to or the sun because they had the believe in yourself, to know that you are clouds of glory protecting them while they special in the eyes of Hashem. passed through the Yam Suf. It is thus clear that these two miracles [the brick floor and the tent] were only for the honor of Bnei עשרה נסים נעשו לאבותינו ,Pirkei Avos (5:4) states ".Ten miracles happened to Yisrael" ,במצרים ועשרה על הים our forefathers in Mitzrayim and ten at the Yam Suf." (6)The water became hard like a rock. As You broke the" ,שברת ראשי תנינים על המים ,it states Rav Bartinura writes, "the ten miracles in heads of the snakes [Egyptians] on the Mitzrayim" refers to the miracle that the water." Yidden were not affected by the ten makos. All the ten makos (7)The sea split into twelve paths so that וכולם היו במצריים ולא בישראל afflicted the Egyptians alone, and not the each shevet could pass through on their own לגוזר ים סוף לגזרים.Yidden. path as it states (Tehillim 136), 2 Then, Rav Bartinura lists the ten miracles (8)The walls were transparent like glass that happened to the Jewish nation at the or sapphire so that the tribes could see each Yam Suf: other. (They passed through the Yam Suf at night, but the pillar of fire illuminated their paths, so they (1)The sea split could see one another.) (2)The sea became like a tent for the (9)The salty sea water became sweet Yidden to pass through. drinking water. (3)They didn’t walk on mud. The earth (10)After they finished drinking, the water ובני ישראל הלכו ,became parched. As it states that was leftover froze and piled up like a Bnei Yisrael walked on dry" ,ביבשה בתוך הים wall. land in the sea.” (4)The earth that the Mitzrim treaded on So, they experienced ten miracles in turned to mud. Mitzrayim and then ten miracles by the Yam Suf. Additionally, they achieved the level of ,שפחה The frozen water on the seabed wasn't prophecy. As Chazal say, "A(5) a single sheet of ice. It looked like brick tiles. maidservant, at the Yam Suf, saw clearer 2. Tzaddikim say that the sea splitting in twelve sections was to teach the nation that there are many paths in avodas Hashem, and you should respect the path that others take. As the Ahavas Yisrael of Viznitz zt'l said, "Hashem shows each tzaddik that the path he chose in avodas Hashem is the best one, to encourage him. However, he doesn’t know that Hashem shows each tzaddik that the path he chose is the best path…" 6 Torah Wellsprings - Beshalach G-dly visions than the navi, Yechezkel ben and derives pleasure from the good that's in Buzi."3 them." Surprisingly, despite the miracles and the As we explained, the Yidden had a hard prophetic visions they witnessed, they time recognizing how special they were, and rebelled against Hashem. As it states (Tehillim that was the source of their rebellion at the They rebelled against sea. However, all the gentile nations" וימרו על ים בים סוף ,(106:7 the sea of the Yam Suf." recognized the greatness of Bnei Yisrael. As אז נבהלו אלופי אדום אילי מואב יאחזמו ,(it states (15:15 The officers of Edom were afraid, and" ,רעד The Gemara (Pesachim 118:) explains that they said, "We are leaving the Yam Suf from the powerful people of Moav were overtaken one side, and the Egyptians are leaving the with fear…" Yam Suf from another side." How did this happen? After all the wonders that they saw, Rashi explains, "They didn’t have any they should have had complete emunah and reason to be afraid, since the Yidden weren’t loyalty to Hashem. coming to conquer their lands. But it bothered them that the Yidden were getting Rebbe Moshe Mordechai of Lelov zy'a so much honor." answers, "They believed in Hashem, but תפל עליהם ,(they didn’t believe in themselves." They It states in the next pasuk (15:16 They" ,אימתה ופחד... עד יעבר עמך ה׳ עד יעבור עם זו קנית didn’t think that they were unique to Hashem, chosen from all the nations.