February 4, 2023; 13 Shevat, 5783
Parsha
This week’s Parsha discusses the exodus from Egypt. Regarding the exodus, the Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 819) cites Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Hoshiyah: “Hashem took hold of the legs of Yaakov Avinu and placed them on the ocean. He said to him: ‘Witness the miracles that I am performing for your descendants…’”
There are three questions we may ask on this slightly perplexing Midrash...