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

Typically when emBnei Yisroel/em 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 emYam Suf/em, the cloud and fire followed behind them, separating them from the Egyptians. During this specific moment, Hashem was acting from emdin/em, from a place of judgement, as He waged war on the Egyptians. At the same time, emBnei Yisroel/em were stepping forward, bringing about the emyeshua/em, the salvation, which moved us to then sing a emshira/em. The emshira/em 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

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org

Library: Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion - RabbiHauer.org