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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Beshalach: Between Freedom and Liberation

by Rav Yehuda HaKohen, visionmag.org

Between the smashing of Egypt's military at the Sea of Reeds and the war against Amalek at Rephidim, the Hebrew had to develop a national perception of emuna in preparation for receiving the Torah

Pharaoh at the Sea of Reeds

Listen to the audio/read the transcript here (16.5 min)

Parshat Beshalach shows that following a premature material liberation from slavery, Israel required a gradual process of psychological liberation in preparation for the Brit Sinai

Why couldn't the numerically superior Hebrews fight Egypt at the Sea of Reeds?

If the Torah shares Israel's collective soul, why was it necessary to be given in the form of a "rule book"?

Who was Yehoshua and what about his background made him capable of leading the war against Amalek?

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