{"id":12989,"date":"2025-12-22T02:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12989"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:05:02","slug":"and-israel-saw-the-egyptians","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/and-israel-saw-the-egyptians\/","title":{"rendered":"151. And Israel Saw the Egyptians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard on&nbsp;<em>BeShalach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the verse, \u201cand Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea\u00adshore,\u201d \u201c\u2026and the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses,\u201d we must understand how \u201cthey believed\u201d is relevant here. Clearly, the miracle of the exodus from Egypt and the division of the sea brought Israel to greater faith than they had had before. After all, our sages said about the verse, \u201cThis is my God, and I will glorify Him,\u201d that a maid by the sea saw more than did Ezekiel the prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, this means that the exodus from Egypt was a case of open miracles, which brings to knowledge of the Lord, which is the opposite of the meaning of \u201cfaith,\u201d since it does not mean above reason. And when seeing open miracles, it is very hard to be in faith, since, moreover, it is a time of expansion of the reason. Therefore, what is the meaning of the text, \u201cand they believed in the Lord\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we should interpret according to the interpretation of \u201cAll believe that He is a God of faith.\u201d The verse narrates Israel\u2019s praise, who, even after seeing the open miracles, their servitude of the Creator was not reduced in them, which is by way of faith above reason. 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