Shevat 7, 5772 · January 31, 2012 | General Overview:
| In this week's reading, Beshalach, Pharaoh pursues the Israelites into the desert. The Red Sea splits, the Israelites cross the sea while the Egyptian army is drowned. Moses and the Israelites sing a special song thanking G‑d for this miracle. The Israelites complain about a lack of food and drink. G‑d sends Manna and quail for them to eat, and miraculously produces water from a rock. Amalek attacks the Israelites and is soundly defeated. |
 | By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks |  |
|  | | THE PARSHAH | | | Exodus 13:17–17:16
In Beshalach the sea splits, manna rains down from heaven, water is extracted from a rock and war is waged on Amalek. But all this happens all the time inside our souls . . .
|  |  | | COLUMNISTS | | | In Times of Crisis
A story is told of a man who was driving about, desperate to find a parking spot. With no spots available, he called out, "Dear G‑d, give me a parking spot and I will pledge a thousand dollars to charity."
By Lazer Gurkow |  | | | | We read in Exodus 16:15 that the heavenly bread fell, and "when the children of Israel saw [it], they said to one another, 'It is manna,' because they did not know what it was." But what does "manna" mean?
By Menachem Posner | | | | | Two chassidim from Odessa once traveled to their Rebbe in pursuit of a blessing. In a private audience, the first one was asked, "How are things in Odessa? Are the young people pious? Are they passionate in their service of G‑d?"
By Mendel Kalmenson | | | | FEATURED VIDEO | | | At the dawn of the exodus, our ancestors stood at the banks of the Red Sea, suddenly trapped between its raging waters and the advancing Egyptian forces behind them. What did they do? with Benny Rapoport | | | | | Four Factions at the Red Sea
Not long after leaving Egypt, the Jewish people found themselves trapped between the Red Sea and the Egyptians chasing behind them. At that time, our people were divided into four factions as to what should be the appropriate reaction. By Mendel Kaplan | | | | | A Taste of Text—Beshalach
Inspiration alone is insufficient. An awakening must be followed by action, or doubt can easily neutralize it. By Chana Weisberg | | | | FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES | | | A five minute weekly Torah thought based on the teachings of Chassidut. By Berel Bell | | | | | When the Jews encountered the red sea and they had the Egyptians closing in behind them, they broke up in to four camps: Where should they go? What should they do? By Moshe New | | | | | | | Dedicated in memory of Alicia Djaddah de Saba bat Margarita. |
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