Beshalach!

AZ Yashir Moshe”,

The mepharshim explain that the pasuk is talking in past tense. The midrash says that Moshe once used this word to sin when he said “Az ba’asi El Phaaroh” (when moshe complains to Hashem that he has to go back to the house of Pharoh) and now moshe wanted to use this same word of Az to sing songs of praise to Hashem. The Beis Halevi says that not only were the Bnei Yisroel happy that the Mitzrim died in the water and for the miracles that Hashem created, but also for the “mess” that Hashem put them through in the first place, this way now klal yisroel can sing shira to Hashem with this same “Az”. The pasuk in tehilim states “Odecha Hasehm, KI Anisani- thank you Hashem for the pain, because the salvation is amazing”, so too klal yisroel here was saying Thank you to Hashem for the pain, because the salvation is so great! The medrash as well says that this was the first time that Bnei yisroel sang Shira to Hashem ever.

However, R’ Gedalya Shor says that this isn’t exactly true, if you check up the midrashim, shira was sang at the time of Adam Harishon as well. However, this was the first time that Bnei Yisroel sang shira on both the good and bad news, and this is what Hashem was waiting for! The yesod is so simple yet so overlooked in our daily lives. How many times does something seems as if it makes absolutely no sense and all we do is complain and think how could Hashem do this terrible thing to me?!? Yet if we were to only wait a little longer and let Hashem’s master plans play out do we see that Hashem only wants the best for all his children. May hakadosh Baruch Hu gives us all the bracha to live with this idea every day and always remember, Gam Zu L’tova.

Gut Shabbos Tzachi Popowitz B’shem R Keonigsberg Shlita