Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Seventh day of Pessah MIRIAM, THE PROPHETESS, AARON'S SISTER, TOOK A TIMBREL IN HER HAND, AND ALL THE WOMEN CAME OUT AFTER HER WITH TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES. AND MIRIAM CALLED OUT TO THEM, SING TO THE LORD, FOR VERY EXALTED IS HE; A HORSE AND ITS RIDER HE CAST INTO THE SEA   Miriam, the prophetess… took When did she prophesy? When she was "Aaron's sister," before Moses was born, she said,...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Seventh day of Pessah THEN MOSES AND THE ISRAELITES SANG THIS SONG TO THE LORD. THEY SAID: "I WILL SING TO THE LORD, FOR HE HAS TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY; HORSE AND DRIVER HE HAS HURLED INTO THE SEA.  (Shemot 15:1)     In Contrast to Human Beings and the Ministering Angels, God is never pleased at the fall of the Wicked. And they say, Give thanks unto the Lord, for his kindness is everlasting. Rabbi Yohanan said:...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Seventh Day of Passover   WHEN ISRAEL WENT OUT OF EGYPT, JACOB'S HOUSEHOLD FROM A PEOPLE OF ALIEN TONGUE" (Psalms 114:1) The Redemption from Egypt – Then, Now, and in the Future "And to recount all your wonders." – Said Rav Avin: This refers to Hallel, which relates to the past and to the future; it touches upon current generations and upon the days of the Messiah, and upon the days of Gog and Magog. "When Israel went out of Egypt" – in the past; "Not for...