Beshalach Exile and Redemption (132) Likutei Sichos vol 16 page 173 ff Shabbos and the Manna, it’s a miracle but you must do something.On one level the Manna is called לחם מן השמים it came from heaven with no effort.On another level, the fact that it is connected to the לחם מן הארץ we would…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (126) Miriam and the women don’t only sing, they play music and dance, because for them, it wasn’t only about them, it was about the children. The lesson nowadays: Mothers concerns for the real (spiritual) welfare of the children to be Yidden and not be swallowed up by the American distraction…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (121)(01) Class One: Two Parshiyos deal with the actual Exodus: Bo and Beshalach. They are the beginning and the end of the process. In the beginning, we are free but still vulnerable to go back. In the end, we have no possibility to go back to Egypt and the redemption is…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (117)(03) Class Three. There is an upside to delaying the entry into Eretz Yisroel for 40 years, the Birur of the Midbar.

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (117)(02) Class Two. Inside, traveling with Hashem in the מדבר going quick but not too quick. It takes longer than planned.

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (117)(01) Class One. Introduction to פרשת בשלח and actually leaving מצרים. The birth of the Jewish nation in both components: 1) the perfect “one”. The example of Iyov and his tests, Avrohom passed them all. 2) and the Nation of Israel. Moshe is raised in the palace but the Jews are…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (127)(01) Sefer Hasichos 5752 vol 1 page 303 ff.Class One.Miriam means the bitterness of Galus because she lived it.Also because she never stops waiting for the Geula and that is what brings it.

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (131) Shabbos (before Matan Torah) and the Manna A very important but often overlooked aspect of Parshas Beshalach is the fact that Yidden received some Mitzvos at Mara, including Shabbos (Para Aduma and Dinim).The idea of Mitzvos before Mattan Torah is explored here, using the model of “organized religion” vs “personal…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (130) Text: The Maamar Machar Chodesh 5711 Sweetening bitter with bitter The two opinions how the waters at Mara were sweetened whether through light or bitterness itself.The deeper idea is transforming bitterness to sweetness using bitterness itself.

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (129) Journeying.The Yidden leave the Yam Suf (with some cajoling from Moshe) and move out into the desert.Within days they complain (again) about water.This is the story of the divine challenge: He pushes us as fast as He thinks we can move, but we are always not ready, so… we complain…