Shabbat Shira
As Heard From Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Every year we read The Song of the Sea, Shirat Hayam, from the Torah in Parshat Beshalach. We also read it on the seventh day of Pesach. And we say it every day in our prayers. The more often we are required to do something, the more important it is for us to gain its lessons.
The most fundamental lesson that the Torah teaches us is to refine our Jewish trait of Gratitude. In fact, we are called Jews which is derived from the word ‘Yehudi’ which means ‘to thank.’ Our function is to be grateful and to thank Hashem for all of the kindliness He bestows on us presently and throughout our history.
And so, we read The Song of the Sea often and relive one of the most stupendous spectacles in history when Hashem split The Sea and rescued His People. This caused an outpouring of gratitude and singing to Hashem. “Then would sing Moshe and the Bnai Yisrael.”
“A horse and a rider He cast into the sea.” This was another cause for a great feeling of our gratitude to Hashem. Since the ‘Sea’ which threatened Israel’s existence (their backs were to the Sea with the Egyptians closing in), drowned their enemy and rescued Israel from Egypt and it now washed upon the shore a huge booty of wealth.
Hashem had instilled in us the great awareness and serenity which is Bitachon in Hashem. By demonstrating that Hashem is in control and that He can turn our foe, the Sea, into our friend who destroys our enemy, the Egyptians.
Shabbat Shalom
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