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22 chapters · by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg

Light from the Future: Parshas Beshalach

Published by the Jewish Discovery Center. Every chapter is free to read below.

  1. Beshalach – Ahead of the Angels Angels are spiritual beings that are totally devoted to G-d. Because they have no free choice they are in a constant state of devotion to Him.…
  2. Beshalach – All the King’s Horse When G-d created the world, Kabbalah teaches us, He did so by using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are actually divine instruments, or the…
  3. Beshalach – Be Silent! There are times when we are preoccupied with lofty matters such as prayer, literally or figuratively. G-d then says to us, “Be silent, stop praying,…
  4. Beshalach – Double Praise In the future Redemption, after living through thousands of years of exile, we, as a people, did not and will not lose our faith and trust that G-d…
  5. Beshalach – Fear of Philistines We are now standing on the threshold of a new age, the Age of Redemption, which parallels the Exodus from Egypt. We must be mindful of the threat that…
  6. Beshalach – Leaders and Heroes Moses’ greatness is not measured by what he was, i.e., his knowledge, piety etc., but by what he was not. Moses was so close to G-d that he was…
  7. Beshalach – Move-On! The entire process of the Jewish people being in Egypt and then leaving with its wealth was intended to “liberate” the sparks of holiness embedded in…
  8. Beshalach – Perish the Thought! For close to 2,000 years, the Jewish people collectively have not forgotten that their real home is in G-d’s home; in the Land of Israel, in Jerusalem…
  9. Beshalach – Raising Moses’ and Moshiach’s Hands Moses’ role in the war against Amalek was no longer going to be channeling a Divine revelation as he did for the Exodus. Now, Moses had to ignite the…
  10. Beshalach – Sea and Land (Copied and slightly adapted from an essay by Yanky Tauber based on a talk of the Rebbe.) The Exodus set them free from the paganism of Egypt. It…
  11. Beshalach – Sea Transformed Into Dry Land or Dry Land Becoming Sea According to Rambam, there will be no fundamental changes to the nature of the world in the initial stage of the Messianic Age. However, with the…
  12. Beshalach – Sing Along Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (the founder of the Chabad- Lubavitch movement, known as the Alter Rebbe) once remarked: “Speech is the pen of the…
  13. Beshalach – Ten Plague Therapy (3) The “eye” represents the way we look at things. There are two general perspectives to everything. One is the view that is the natural outgrowth of the…
  14. Beshalach – The Essence of Joseph Moses, knowing that ultimately the Jewish people will be going through a long and arduous exile—symbolized by their journey through the desert…
  15. Beshalach – The Respectful Sea and the Nature of Nature One approach to miracles is that when a person devoted to G-d wants to realize his divine mission, the general rule is that nature itself will…
  16. Beshalach – The Song of the Future Shaloh quotes the Midrash that says: “In the future, Israel will sing praise in the future.” As soon as the news of the Redemption is announced, they…
  17. Beshalach – The Three Pronged Attack Torah study is the antidote to the aspect of Amalek that sows doubt and confusion in our lives. Torah gives us clear direction. Indeed, the word Torah…
  18. Beshalach – The Twelve Tunnels It is axiomatic in Judaism that a community is considerably more than the sum total of its components. There is a special holiness that is introduced…
  19. Beshalach – Transforming the Irrational Hatred The Rebbe often referred to the phenomenon in recent times whereby hidden forms of good and evil have surfaced in the world at large and within…
  20. Beshalach – Two Right Hands A wedding today is a combination of two features: It is a reenactment of the first union of Adam and Eve that miraculously brought together two…
  21. BESHALACH – VIVE LA DIFFERENCE The lesson from the narrative of the Jews going into the sea is that in times of crises there is no time to stand on ceremony. True, in times of peace there must be a system of priority, who goes first and who follows. Each tribe is entitled to vie for the…
  22. Beshalach – What’s in It for Me? When one receives pleasure or derives a benefit from the one mitzvah, and no benefit from another, the latter mitzvah takes precedence. The rationale…

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