Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

In the fifth aliyah of Parshas Bo, we see the first part of the transition of the Jewish People from slavery to servitude of Hashem. When Moshe commands the elders of Bnei Yisroel to bring the korban pesach , he says mishchu u'kichu , if you have a sheep take it, and if you don’t have a sheep buy one. On a deeper level, we can understand this to mean mishchu , remove yourself from the servitude of Pharoh, u’kichu , and take for yourself servitude to Hashem. We have 613 mitzvos , 613 ways of serving Hashem as part of the fabric of our lives. We don't stop our day to perform mitzvos , the obligations that we have are the way we live. - Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Typically when Bnei Yisroel travel in the desert they are preceded by the pillar of cloud during the day and the pillar of fire at night. Hashem Himself leads the way, and indicates when it is time to travel. When the Jewish People were crossing the Yam Suf, the cloud and fire followed behind them, separating them from the Egyptians. During this specific moment, Hashem was acting from din, from a place of judgement, as He waged war on the Egyptians. At the same time, Bnei Yisroel were stepping forward, bringing about the yeshua, the salvation, which moved us to then sing a shira. The shira welled up within the Jewish People, and they burst forth in song that was born through their initiative. - Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org