VBM The Splitting of the Sea By Harav Yaakov Medan

I. "Speak to the Children of Israel, that they go forward" The following verses describe the well-defined division of labor between the various characters who played an active role on the shores of the Yam Suf: And the Lord said to Moshe: “Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward. And lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will get Me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten Me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.” (Shemot 14:15-18) We will deal with the role of two of the active players: that of the people of Israel and that of God.