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Beshalach: The Splitting of the Sea
Exodus 13:17–17:16
The fourth section of the Book of Exodus begins as Pharaoh “sent forth” (Beshalach, in Hebrew) from Egypt. The Jews proceed toward Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, but are pursued by Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. G‑d splits the Sea of Reeds, allowing the Jews to pass to safety and then drowning the Egyptians in it. The Jews then continue on toward Mount Sinai, with G‑d miraculously providing them with food (manna) and water from a rock. Just as they approach their destination, the Jews are attacked by the nation of Amalek.
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Daily Quote
“Pharaoh commanded to all his people: Every son that is born shall be cast into the River” (Exodus 1:22). The Nile was the mainstay of the Egyptian economy and its most venerated god. Therein lay the deeper—still relevant—significance of Pharaoh’s decree: Today, too, Jewish survival depends on our ability to resist the dictum that children must be submerged within an educational system whose focus and goal is the attainment of a “career” and “economic success”.
–The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Parshah


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