Miracles Torah StudyWho is really responsible for the ultimate Passover miracle, the parting of the Red Sea?

PASSOVER

>> How does Moses imagine the miracle playing out?

>> How does God imagine the miracle being activated?

>> Why does God make this request now?

>> Who really split the sea?

>> What is the significance of this model?

I. As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites caught sight of the Egyptians advancing upon them. Greatly frightened, the Israelites cried out to the Lord...But Moses said to the people, “Have no fear! Stand by, and witness the deliverance which the Lord will work for you today”...

II. Then the Lord said to Moses,“Why do you cry out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And you lift up your rod and hold out your arm over the sea and split it...And I will stiffen the hearts of the Egyptians so that they go in after them…”

III. Then Moses held out his arm over the sea and the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind all that night, and turned the sea into dry ground. The waters were split, and the Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

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“In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.”

- David Ben Gurion

1. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein

2. “Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you’d see.” - Lemony Snicket

3. “It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t.” - Jodi Picoult

4. “Miracles don’t happen to you. They happen through you.” - Mary Davis

5. “Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.” - Richard Wilkins

6. “A man should never stand in a place of danger and expect a miracle to happen to him.” - Talmud, Shabbat 32a

7. “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” - Jean de la Bruyere

8. “The most wonderful thing about miracles is that they sometimes happen.” - G.K. Chesterson

9. “A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way.” - Noah Benshea

10. “A man should believe in God through faith, not because of miracles.” - Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav

“That was a miracle too” a diverse collection of thoughts on miracles

1. Which three quotes do you most agree with? Why?2. Do you disagree with any of these? Which?3. What do miracles look like in 2020? 4. What miracles have occured in your lifetime?

G.K. Chesterson

Noah Benshea

Albert Einstein

Lemony Snicket

Jodi Picoult