810) \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd.\u201d \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d such as the shepherd who leads his flock in a place where there is grass herbs, so that nothing will be lacking there. Here, too, the Creator is my shepherd, to nourish me with all that I need. \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd.\u201d This is why man\u2019s nourishments are as hard as the tearing of the Red Sea. There are two interpretations, and both are true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
811) It is because all the works of the Creator are in judgment and truth, and the whole world exists on judgment and truth. Each day, He sentences the world in judgment\u2014to righteous, to wicked, and to the rest of the people in the world\u2014as it is written, \u201cFor the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness.\u201d And when He sentences people and sees how wicked and sinful they are before Him, it is hard for Him to give them food at any time, since He needs to feed the wicked and those who sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
812) He deals leniently with them and provides for them, according to the high grace that is extended and drips over all the people of the world. In it, He nourishes and provides for all the righteous, the pious, the wicked, all the people of the world, all the animals and beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, from greatest to smallest. There is no one in the world for whom He does not nourish and provide for all, although it is as difficult for Him as the tearing of the Red Sea, due to the deeds of the people in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
813) Was the tearing of the Red Sea hard for Him? But it is written, \u201cHe rebukes the sea and makes it dry,\u201d Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth.\u201d And when the desire appears before Him, everything is as nothing before Him, so how do you say that the tearing of the Red Sea was hard for Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
814) When Israel approached the sea and the Creator wished to tear the Red Sea for them, Rahav, the appointee over Egypt, came and asked the Creator for judgment. He said to Him, \u201cMaster of the world, why do You wish to execute judgment on Egypt and tear the sea for Israel if they are all sinners before You, while all Your ways are in judgment and truth? These are idol worshippers, and those are idol worshippers; these sin in incest, and those in incest; these shed blood, and those shed blood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
815) At that time, it was hard for the Creator to go by the way of judgment. And behold, Israel were journeying by the sea, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord said … \u2018Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.\u2019\u201d It was hard for Him to break the judgment and tear the Red Sea for them. Had the Creator not regarded Abraham\u2019s merit, who hurried in the morning to do his Master\u2019s commandments and will, as it is written, \u201cAnd Abraham arose early in the morning,\u201d they would all be lost at sea, since all through that night the Creator was in judgment over Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
816) \u201cAnd the one did not come near the other all night\u201d teaches that the angels of the upper one came before the Creator that night to praise. He told them, \u201cMy works are drowning in the sea and you are praising Me?\u201d Promptly, \u201cAnd the one did not come near the other all night.\u201d \u201cOne … near the other\u201d was said of the angels who praise the Creator, as it is written, \u201cAnd one called unto another, and said, \u2018Holy.\u2019\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd it came to pass, at the morning watch,\u201d that the Creator regarded Abraham\u2019s merit, who rose early to do his Master\u2019s will, as it is written, \u201cAnd Abraham arose early in the morning.\u201d Then the sea regressed and the water fled from Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
817) \u201cAnd the sea regained its strength at daybreak.\u201d \u201cRegained its strength\u201d means its first condition, the condition which the Creator conditioned it when He created the world. He conditioned with it that it would tear for Israel, for \u201cIts strength\u201d has the letters of \u201ccondition\u201d [in Hebrew]. It is written, \u201cIts strength,\u201d and it is written, \u201cMaschil [teaching\/educating] for Ethan the Ezrahite,\u201d who is Abraham. Here \u201cIts strength\u201d also implies Abraham. The sea tore at daybreak, when Abraham arose in the morning to do his Master\u2019s will. This is why the tearing of the Red Sea was hard for Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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