Modern Masters: Splitting the Sea-Eternal Lessons Of Emunah | Rabbi Sam Shor

speaking of of rain and getting wet this this coming shabas of course is of course contains within it that awesome seminal moment in Jewish history when we experience Camu and of course Camu is such a significant moment in Jewish history that we recall it every single day we recite every single day very interesting before we actually take a deep dive no pun intended into Camu into the waters ofam it's important to note that the third rebi ofab says that the reason why we read of K yamu before the experience of standing at at at Sinai of mam mamar SI is that is the proverbial immersion communal imers in the Mikvah before the experience of of Revelation at sin with that as an introduction I want to take a look today at some of theim related to as well as a number of beautiful um Eternal messages that we can learn from the experience of K yamu of course the Torah tells us if you take a look on our source sheets text number one mosha put out his his hand over the waters Hashem caused the waters to cause the great wind to blow all my lawn and the Sea split and the Sea split and the Jewish people went into the land into the sea on dry land and the water formed walls around it around them to their right and to their left it's very interesting now when we first read this P we envision what the sea splitting into but of course we we have numerous M that tell us otherwise that no really the SE split in 12 different sections each of theim went into the waters and each of theim had their own pathway that that split the water split on either side of the pathway in 12 different little paths okay and then is it then we read if we go back all the way to the end we see once again the reiterated so this is this idea is mentioned twice okay which must mean it's very significant what the that the Jewish people walked on dry land within the Sea and the waters parted on either side of them okay to the right and form walls to the right and to the left so what does it mean VI so Rashi a famous a famous statement says it wasn't just the Waters of the yamu that split but what call all the waters in the world hasem at that moment when he made that Miracle ofam all the waters in the world split so what does that mean so we're gonna today learn from um essentially three Modern Masters and the first of our Modern Masters we're going to learn that's that's our course right Modern Masters the first of our Modern Masters we're going to learn from is RAB schlomo Z har known as the parar and the parar in his great saer Bon says the following this is text number three on our sheets what does it mean that the water split it hasem calls all the waters in the world to split quoting the Rashi and why he says we have to ask the question why at this miraculous moment okay when the sea split what's the significance if we accept rashi's interpretation okay Bas on the kazal that not only did the sea split but what all the waters in the world split what is the significance of all the water splitting at this miraculous time the miracle was simply would have been incredible if it was just what the yamu split so what does it mean that all the Waters of the sea split uh of the world split he says the great the first re of he explained this as follows that what is the K how does the K interpret this teaching of Rashi that in all generations when the Jewish people were facing Anar a time of trouble of difficulty of pain of challenges what happens the waters will split before them meaning Miracles will come unto them okay to the power of this act of the water splitting before mosha rabu before says the K that rashi's interpretation that all the waters sh doesn't mean only all the waters in the world at that time it means all the waters sh for all eternity in all generations anytime the Jewish people are facing a difficult period in history the within those within those difficult moments is the capacity what for the miraculous the very word n which means a challenge okay contains within it the word nce the capacity for miracles anytime the Jewish people throughout our history have faced troubling difficult moments we find strength in recalling the great moment of the sea splitting and we are encouraged to recognize and persevere against those challenges and see Miracles he says not only teach this but the earliest of the the grants of B in his sa okay he explains this based on a famous gar in gar tells the story of was going to fulfill the Mitzvah of P of redeeming H hostages something that's very relevant to us today right and the gamar says the following okay that when he comes to the river okay the river gai before him when he's going going to redeem hostages what happens the river splits not once but three times there are three circumstances without going to the hamar there's a story there where this the river that that is blocking his path to go redeem those hostages is squipped before him three times and after this happens the gamar says of Y says he says his this this was even greater than mosha and the and the multitudes that went through with why because for Moshe and the multitudes of the Jewish people going forth from its R the sea split one time but for when he's going to redeem hostages the sea split for him not one once but three times and so therefore says says in the gar it must mean that what was greater than Moshe the multitudes that went forth from all so now we're gonna ask a question on that the the P is gonna ask a question on that how could we possibly say that he was greater than MOS okay or or even like Moshe we have Isel that there will be no one like Moshe ever again among the Jewish people that is great as a we may have many other great leaders but none of them are GNA come close to mosha they're all par parale comparison to mosha reu it must mean what no it's not that like Moshe that he's greater than Moshe but rather that he had got the capacity to cause the river to split before him where did he get that magic that capacity from from Moshe it all emanates from Moshe from that Mo to the power of when M split caused the sea to split that one the first time the power okay remains and it's that power that allowed the P to split the river three times okay okay this is what it means that all the Waters of the world split all the waters not only in the world at that time but for all generations sadik anytime the proverbial Waters in any generation split through the actions of a sadic meaning anytime there's a miraculous event that unfolds to the Jewish people that unfolds to the blessing or the or the doing of a okay as okay this all emanates what from the first time such a miracle happened when mosu brought that power into the world so seemingly and we're going to come back to this idea seemingly was not a one-time occurrence one of the reasons why we learn about and we and while we dive in and we say these every single day we're reminded of this ET Eternal message and that is what at least according to the that is what that not only did Hashem cause the sea to split through and and allow Moshe to bring that power into the world but just as mosha was the sador and he becomes the conduit to bring that Miracle into the world when clly needed it then so to an every generation okay the sadim of every generation have the capacity to bring be the conduit to bring miraculous events to help bring Salvation to am every single generation we're going to come back to this idea as we go on now if you turn your sheets over we're now going to learn from the iban Ezra of course izra is a rehon an important rehon and the Ian Ezra is gonna focus on this idea of the the fact that the Torah repeats twice that the Jewish people walked on dry land land within the sea okay this is text number four and the reason why it's mentioned that the Jewish people walked on dry land pal a second time why this idea is mentioned twice okay it's mentioned twice because what is happening says that says the the that hasem caused a miracle within a miracle a dual Miracle to occur to unfold during those moments of Thea what happened says Ezra just as the Jewish people were passing through the sea what was happening simultaneously in the very same sea the Egyptians were drowning okay the Jewish people were walking so to speak on dry land they walked right through the sea they traversed the sea and at the same moment the same time the Egyptians were drowning in the same sea okay and he says this is occurring simultaneously in the same they were close to one another in the same SE because the Jewish people were many many many hundreds of thousands he says there were many who had already crossed the sea as the Egyptians came into the sea Waters and started to drown but there were still many who were what still crossing the sea and at the same time there was a one A Miracle Within the miracle the sea singly split and the Jews were walking on dry land at the very same time that the Egyptians were drowning in the sea so it's very interesting this the says that this represents that dual miracle and that's why the p is repeated twice there's a slightly different take I want to share it's not on your sheets that I saw um last evening I was in the in the OU office for for a while waiting for the rain to clear and I saw in the sa Torah this beautiful idea in the name of one of the great Masters and this is what says about this PK of the Jewish people walking on dry land within the sea listen to his words the waves were upon them meaning what they were also in the water okay what does it mean the Jewish people walked on dry land within the sea he says the waves were upon them the water was coming down on them and they walk through the waters with Incredible trust and faith in hasem and they believed what that they were walking on dry lands dry lands says says the reab of okay the which is not so dissimilar from the izra izra says what that the Jews were walking on dry land at the same time and they crossed the Sea on the same same time at the very same time that what the Egyptians were drowning in the sea and so says the rebi of kasav that the Jewish people were actually walking in the waters they were walking in the sea but they had such they had such faith and trust in Theon that what it was as if in their minds they were walking on dry land okay their trust and total faith and total trust in Hashem that hasem will will bring them through the waters okay created the feeling for them that what that they were actually walking on dry land but the reality is what according to the RAB of kasav they were literally walking through the water they were immersed in the water has you know you know we have another have another another religion that says talks about walking on water Hashem allowed them not to walk on the water but through the water and they survived that says the re KAS is the idea it's they had such trust in ut faith in Theon that it was as if they were walking on dry land okay we're now going to hear from two other Modern Masters we're g to take two learn two small pieces to bring this all together from the house of SL we're gonna first hear from the Weinberg who was the reab of Slum during the days of the shaah and he survived the shaah and came toel where he rebuilt the we're gonna learn just two short ideas that the sees in these in this these PUK this idea of the Jewish people walking on dry land within the sea so this is text number five this what has to say as his predecessor of one of the earlier slabi said the word meaning within is is the same letters and equal in gatria to the word which is one of the names that we refer to hasem as the one who distributes and therefore we can explain based on this idea the Jewish people when they stood at the Y they were surrounded okay on all sides by Water by water or by the Egyptians behind them and and they couldn't begin to they didn't see any natural way out to be saved through their faith and trust in hem okay hasem allowed them to recognize and realize a way out a way towards salvation that they could have never have fathomed on their own that is what to go into the waters and they'll walk on dry land within the waters and now says the bir is's going to give us an eternal contemporary message for US based on this idea so too when it comes to when a person is facing financial difficulties okay and they feel like they're drowning in the proverbial sea of debt and struggling okay if you put your faith in and you recognize that aasa comes from a what'll [Music] happen just like at that moment when the Jewish people came to the Sea and they couldn't imagine where how are they going to survive this the Egyptians are on our tail the sea is in front of us where going to go they put their trust in Theon they went into the sea and they survived they crossed the sea and persevered so too when we're facing challenges financially says the okay the word is similar to okay that Hashem is the one who distributes our parasa if we believe and put our trust that indeed our parasa comes from when we're facing those moments of Challenge and we put our trust in Hashem will see that hasem brings us all the we need at the right time and the right moments and one second we'll take questions at the end okay and he says there's another idea so the first idea is what the first contemporary message for us is eternal message for us is what that just as when we face that moment where the see there was no hope and no way out we went into the sea we put our trust in hasem okay so to when we feel we're drowning and we're facing financial difficulties and and hardship we put our faith in trust in Hashem Hashem will bring us the pr we need at the right time says thebi now here's the second idea that the introduces and he says that also so too in areas areas of spirituality within the see we are on dry land all at times in our lives what a person feels dried out spiritually okay they're they're devoid of any of the fluid and excitement okay of spirituality we're going through a dry spell in our Rus in our spirituality okay and there he feels what hasem is hidden for them and distant and closed off from his heart the but a Jew has to believe what that everything comes as a result of a Shan's Divine supervision and even when we're going through those those proverbial spiritual dry spells that too is part of what Hashem is challenging us with okay every as we said earlier every n every challenge the word n contains within it the word meaning that every challenge we have in our lives that we face in our lifetimes has within the capacity for us to experience a nce Yeshua that Hashem can bring Yeshua salvation at the blank of an ey and that is the Eternal message says thei the of Camu whether it be in areas of parasa whether it be in areas of spirituality a Jew has to put their full and utter trust in the and believe indeed yeshu carify that's the first of the two sles we're going to learn from now we're going to learn from Theo Shalom okay of course who succeeded his father-in-law theas then becomes the rebbi ofum in 1981 and he dies in the year 2000 so he's a rebi the rebi for about 20 years before that he served with distinction as The prominent Rosa of the Yesa and of course his are amongst the most popular in the world today and we're just gonna learn a short snippet from the about this idea and it's going to start by quoting the earlier Master the no this is text number six on our sheets we can explain this based on the teaching what's written in the our verse and the Jewish people walk on dry land within the sea now listen to the words of the that there are righteous individuals in every generation that are able to see and into it the greatness and loftiness of Hashem in everything that exists in every step and action that unfolds before them they see the from the heavens and Beyond the heavens and everything that appears here on land they see in everything creation there are Unique Individuals have the capacity what to see hashem's ongoing presence and that Hashem renews every s single day constantly the process of creating the world now listen to how he couches this idea but in every generation there are these unique sikim what who are they like and what who are these sadim sh these Unique Individuals have the capacity to see experience God's miraculous presence in the same way that the generation that experienced yamu saw the Miracles unfolding before the very eyes this idea is based on our p and the Jewish people walked on dry land within the sea listen to this beautiful idea of the listen to this beautiful idea say we tend to read this is what let's focus on those who are crossing the sea that they were on dry land when they were in the midst of the sea no says the it's the opposite when the Jewish people had already crossed the sea and they were already on Yash sh they were already once again on dry land and looking back at the waters they were so impacted by that Revelation they were so transformed by that miracle that the miracle stayed with them and even though they were had already crossed the sea and they were now on once again on dry land it was as if they were what still within the waters still within the miracle they were on dry land it was as if they were still that is to say that even though they were once again on dry land they saw the cre and intuited hashem's presence the creator of the of all worlds his greatness and his wonders just as they saw and experienced within the yam and the moments the moments of that Miracle of the that's how we can understand the verse into hilum as well that the land the the the sea was was was turned to land that which we experienced okay in those SE also continue to stay with us once we were on dry land that they were so impacted by what they experienced by that Miracle of the of of of going into the waters in the sea splitting before them that had stayed with them and they even though they had already traversed the Sea and the Miracle seemingly had ceased they once again were a continued to see hashem's presence and to feel hashem's presence this is the great level spiritual level [Music] of that even once they already crossed the sea that P's presence stayed with them and it established for them such faith that even as they were once again on land it was as if they were still in the sea in the midst of the miracle and by the way this is very consistent with the idea that we learned um in the name of the Kaji that the pakar bring brought in the first piece we learned together and that is the idea the Rashi suggests that c yansu when the waters split it's talk about all the waters not only in the world but all the Waters of Eternity that this met that the the miracle had such an impact on the Jewish people and on the Jewish psyche and that by the way explains why we read these Pim every single day to be reminded to be and strengthen Us in this idea and this belief that Hashem brings Miracles and that Hashem brings Miracles even when we seems to us that there's no hope or that our situation might be hopeless or or we might want to give up a Jew never gives up a Jew always believes yesu and we learn this fundamental idea this eternal message this eternal message of amuna we learn from the seminal events ofu my friends as we prepare to read Mas shabas to read of that awesome moment when the sea split let's take to heart all these beautiful messages and believe wholeheartedly that just as in those moments when we stood at the sea Hashem brought a miraculous Sal ation which we could have never imagined let's hold on to this idea that within every is the word n within every Challenge and difficulty we face in our lives there's the capacity for miracles and let's believe that indeed that's possible and that Hashem can indeed bring yeshu and they would be blessed to experience those Miracles every single day have a great chabas