Parashas Beshalach

Our Parsha this week is Parashas Beshalach.
Our people had just left Mitzraim 3 days ago and Pharaoh was under the impression that The Children of Israel would return after making offerings after the 3 days originally requested.He had sent spies along with the Children of Israel, and after the 3 days, these spies exposed themselves and asked when we are returning to Egypt. These spies were held and beaten and a few of them escaped and returned to Pharaoh in Egypt, telling him , we have no intention of returning , as Torah Says , " Vayugad lemelech," - " It was told to the king ," ( Shemos 14:5 ). He started to regret his decision letting our people go , as did some of his advisers and so, he asked for his elite chariots to be prepared , with the horses that were taken in before the plague of hail , and he himself harnessed his own chariot and enticed the officers to join him, harnessing the 600 elite chariots , ready to chase after us, claiming he would bring the Egyptians back, their lost honor.
In the meantime, HaShem Led the Children of Israel on an indirect circuitous route away from the Plishtim, for as Torah tells it, " Ki Karov Hu," - " Because it was near ." This meant that there was an agreement made between Avraham and Avimelech that neither would harass the other for the generations up to their children's children , and some of Avimelech's children were still alive , so HaShem Honored this agreement and Didn't Put the two nations in conflict . Also, HaShem Knew that should the Plishtim come out to war, the Children of Israel may lose heart and return to Egypt Chas Ve Shalom .
HaShem Protected us with a Pillar of Cloud by day ,to lead us and by night, a Pillar of Fire .
HaShem Also Surrounded us with Seven Clouds of Glory ,one before us, one behind us, one on our left and one on our right , one above and one below, and the seventh one, far ahead of us, to clear the way of any dangers they might lurk ahead , which included enemies and other dangers as well as a monster snake that hid in the Wilderness 
HaShem Commanded that we turn back in the direction of Egypt . This was a trick to Pharaoh , letting him think we are returning .HaShem had us encamp before 'baal-zephon,' which was actually a statue of the idol baal . This was the last statue left as an idol of Egypt, left , so as to trick Pharaoh and the Egyptians and to test them to give them the opportunity to realize idols are worthless but they still clung to their negativities , for when Pharaoh heard they had stopped there, he and the people jumped to the conclusion, it must be the idol halting them . Little did he realize , that HaShem Is The Wisest and Most Amazing Tactician, tricking Pharaoh into falling into his own idolworship mistake . He thought we were trapped in, with wild animals on one side, the wilderness on the other and the Sea ahead ,with the Egyptians behind us. 
Our people saw the Egyptians coming, for where we had taken 3 days to get to the place we now were , they took a day to reach us .Our people cried out in panic and the Eirev Rav - Mixed Multitude who weren't Jews, complained they should not have been taken out of Egypt ." Moshe reassured the people and then turned to HaShem , Who Told Moshe to stretch out his staff arm over the Yam Suf to split it . But the sea did not want to obey, not wanting the evil Egyptians in it . HaShem Had His Angel and the Pillar of Cloud that had been going before us, to go behind us and the Egyptians were plunged into another Darkness.
It was only when HaShem Commanded the Yam Suf, did it split.
Our Rabbonim discuss in the Hagaddah on Pesach that there were between 200-250 Plagues that hit the Egyptians in the Yam Suf .
HaShem Caused Amazing Miracles , When Splitting the "Yam Suf " - " Reed Sea . " The Water Split into 12 pathways, so that each Tribe could travel within their Tribe and pathway , yet each Tribe could see through the walls of water, to the Tribe next to them . Though a Sea Bed would be muddy and wet, HaShem Made Sure, it would be dry and solid to walk upon . Should any one of our people have need for drinking water, all they had to do , was stretch out their hand and take water, and when they had had their fill, then the wall of water returned to how it was before.The Walls of water, were like beautiful mosaics and patterns, to bring peace and comfort to our people as they walked through .The waters formed a wall on either side of us and also formed a roof from above .How Sweet is HaShem , for How Much HaShem Loves His Chosen People .
The Egyptians tried to pursue us. HaShem Commanded Moshe to stretch his hand over the Sea , and the Water returned to its place and the waters came back down on top of them and churned them in the Sea . Those that did us more harm, had more painful deaths. The water and mud hit them like a solid wall, Middah Knegged Middah , for how they made us work and build in the brickpits , in areas that were so muddy , that they knew no building could ever have been set up there, thus they did it just to harm us and destroy us.
HaShem Had the Sea spit the Egytians out on the shore so we could see that they were really gone . 
But what happened to Pharaoh. According to Chazal, Pharaoh never returned to Egypt but ran away , acknowledging HaShem . His travels took him to a city called Nineveh, where he became the ruler. This was the same ruler, to whom HaShem sent the prophet Yonah - Jonah, to tell him and the city to repent.This time he listened as the story of Jonah shows .
The Angels wanted to sing Shira , at the victory of HaShem and our saving, but HaShem told them not to, as the Egyptians , who were also HaShem's Creation, were dying and songs should thus not be sung by them . We , on the other hand sang the Song at the Sea, as we were directly involved in receiving the Miracle and Saving from HaShem .This song is said at every Shacharis Service Davening .May we never forget what HaShem Did and Does for us always .The women too, under Miriam , Moshe and Aharon's sister also sand a song too.
After this Miracle, our people did not want to leave the Yam Suf, as they had experienced the Beauty of HaShem's Shechinah, and so, HaShem Moved His Shechinah up ahead , and so the people followed It .
The people went toward the Wilderness of Shur, for a 3 day period in the Wilderness,and did not find any water. They arrived at Marah and there the water could not be drunk as it was bitter. The people complained to Moshe . HaShem Showed Moshe a tree , which sweetened the water when it was thrown in. According to Mechilta , the tree was bitter like the water , yet miraculously made it sweet . This was a lesson, that the sweet holiness must come from within us .It is how we are , that makes the World sweet.
They arrived at Elim and found 12. Springs, for the 12 Tribes of Israel and also found 70 date palms, a hint at the 70 nations in the World and also a hint at the 71 member Sanhedrin that was to come in Israel where it included 70 Judges and a Kohein , where with Moshe at the lead at the time and Aharon to become the Kohein Gadol after his inauguration would make up the 71 .
They journeyed on and came to the Wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Sinai , on the 15th of Iyar , and the people complained to Moshe about wanting meat, as the left over Matzah , had lasted a month and was now finished , it being a month after the Exodus from Mitzraim . 
HaShem Sweetened this World with a Special Creation , that when the people saw it, they asked each other . "Man Hu? ," which meant " What is this ?." Thus , its Name became ' The Mann ," - " Mannah ," HaShem Saw to it that His people were served every day, this Miracle Food from Heaven that could take on the taste of anything one imagined at the time of eating it . It would not fall on Shabbos , and a double portion would fall for them the day before . This food was a test of faith for the people, so they would trust and have faith that HaShem Would See To their needs every day. This is the true way to live, to trust HaShem every day that He Will Look after us . The way HaShem Gave us the Mannah, was such an act of love . First , HaShem Would Let a small amount of pure rain fall, so as to clean and purify the ground. Then HaShem Sent Dew, so as to form a soft tray , on which the Mannah came down upon and gently sat . Thus HaShem Softly Served us on a clean and beautiful tray of Dew, Prepared Softly For us With His Love .No one was to take more then an Omer and no man was to leave it over for the next morning, but to trust HaShem that every day HaShem Would Lovingly Provide For us Again . Those who took more or less still had an Omer .
Two men, tried to trick HaShem and Moshe , and keep it till morning. These two men were Dasan and Aviram, the man whom Moshe saved from the Egyptian in Egypt, and his brother in law, who was arguing that next day , back in Egypt . Out of their tents, came large worms and thus they exposed their deed . Moshe instructed the people what to do on the Sabbath , with the Mannah, that they were to collect a double portion the day before, for none would fall on the Shabbos. Some didn't listen and went out to collect on the Sabbath,but there wasn't any , even though Dasan and Aviram tried to trick HaShem and Moshe , by spreading some of their portion on the ground , for it all disappeared .
HaShem Commanded that a full Omer of Mannah, be kept for safekeeping for our generations , to show what we were Fed by Hashem in the Wilderness with this beautiful holy sweet Food from Shamaim Heaven .Moshe told Aharon to put a full Omer of Mannah,in a Jar and place it before HaShem for safekeeping for our generations, and so, Aharon did as HaShem Had Commanded Moshe, and placed it before the Ark of the Testimony for safekeeping . We ate the Mannah till we came to the border of Canaan , for 40 years .
We journeyed on and came to Rephidim and there was no water to drink.The people complained to Moshe . HaShem Told Moshe to stand before the rock at Horeb and to strike the rock and water would come out. This Rock was known as The Well of Miriam . In Miriam's honor, this Rock traveled with our people throughout our journey , in the merit of Miriam, Moshe and Aharon's sister, for it was Miriam, who had watched over little Moshe Rabbeinu at the Nile.
Moshe called the place where the people contended with him ," Massah U'Merivah ," which was a reference to their testing and contention with HaShem . The word 'Massah,' refers to this as a test, for, HaShem was tested ten times , throughout our travels in Bamidbar - the Wilderness.
Because we lost faith and doubted HaShem, HaShem Sent our greatest enemy Amalek , descended from Eisav and his son Eliphaz , who came and battled us at Rephidim . Moshe, knowing Yosef's tribe has power over Amalek, sent a descendant of this tribe , beloved and holy Yehoshuah - Joshuah to do battle with Amalek . The name Amalek breaks down to 'Am Leik ,' which means ' to lick our blood .' Yehoshuah went out to do battle against Amalek , while Moshe , Aharon and Chur went up a hill. When the people kept faith in HaShem, Moshe's hands could be kept raised and Israel was stronger, but when the people started to doubt and lose faith in HaShem , Moshe's hands lowered , where Amalek was stronger. Moshe's hands grew heavy, due to the lack of faith and complaints , and Aharon and Chur took a stone and put it under Moshe and held his hands up, remaining with his hands up in faithful prayer till sunset, where HaShem Made the Sun remain in the sky.Amalek, before they attacked, had asked other nations to join them in wiping us out,and they saw in their astrology, that they would prevail when the sun set, so HaShem Made sure , that the Sun would remain in the sky and they would be beaten ( and at such a miracle,the other nations feared and never came to help Amalek ),and so they were beaten , by Yehoshuah and our army , before sunset. The very action of Moshe raising his hands, teaches us, to always direct our love and prayers Heaven - Ward to HaShem . HaShem Helped Yehoshuah weaken Amalek with the point of the sword .
HaShem Told Moshe to record it as a Remembrance in the Book and recite it in the ears of Yehoshuah , That HaShem Would Erase Amalek from under the Heavens . Moshe built an altar and named it ," HaShem Nisi ," - " HaShem Is my Miracle ," " where HaShem Maintains a war with Amalek from generation to generation ." Amalek , cannot be totally destroyed, till the End of Days, for while sin remains, so remains Amalek . Each nation has its 'Sar,' protective angel. The Angel of Amalek is Samael and some say Satan , himself, where Samael was the Angel who enticed Adam Ve Chavah to eat of the forbidden fruit in Gan Eiden . Only at the End of Days, will this Nation and its Sar be brought down finally . Until then it is up to each of us to fight the Amalek Nation and its sentiments , of bringing down HaShem Chas Ve Shalom , for they maintain a war against HaShem, and thus, must we fight them in every generation, as we did to Haman and Agag ,their descendants .Only Amalek had the arrogance to attack us , after we came out of slavery and where HaShem Showed such Miracles in freeing us. Only Amalek did not respect HaShem in acknowledging HaShem's Power in the World and so, must we , from generation to generation , fight the lack of acknowledgement in HaShem that surrounds us. So ends our Parsha.
The Haftorah is in Judges 4:4 - 5:31 and , like the Song at the Sea, in the Parsha, so does our prophetess Devorah and Barak, who went to war against Sisera ,also sing a song of their victory with Hashem's Aid and the actions of Jael , Hever's wife , who was a Kenite , who killed our enemy Sisera, a Canaanite.
The Parsha is called ," Beshalach ," which means "Sent ." It talks of how Pharaoh sent us out of Egypt. This was not Pharaoh's plan. Thus no matter how the evil man plots evil , HaShem uses even the evil man's plan to turn it around and to still bring it to good . No matter what man proposes, HaShem Has Many Ways To Still Ensure, the correct path is gotten to .
Though it was Pharaoh who sent our people out of Egypt, he was just a Shaliach, a Sender , a Messenger who " Beshalach ," sent us out of Egypt . In reality, it was HaShem .The first verse of this Parsha, still shows that it is HaShem ," Nacham ," Who is doing the Leading . All Actions lead to HaShem . All things in this World ultimately work for HaShem , to an end , we seldom realize . At the End of the days , each action will be seen to have been a step toward Mashiach and the End of Days . Nothing happens for no reason . There is a reason for all things under the Sun. All things lead to Mashiach . All sendings by whomever , lead to Mashiach . This is apparently so clearly, when we take the word " Beshalach," and work out it's Gematrical value , which comes to 2+300+30+8=340 and 3+4+0=7 , the exact Gematrical value of the word 'Mashiach ." Thus , HaShem's Master plan is in all things and no matter how a person may try to avoid doing what HaShem Wants , HaShem Has many "Be 'Shalachim ' ,' - " Messengers to ensure His Result . 
The waters of the Yam Suf , that split for our people , when Nachshon ben Amminadav ( who was the brother of Elisheva who had married Aharon ) from the Tribe of Yehudah was the first to step into the water in faith , showed , every action we do, in trust and faith in HaShem , is a step toward Mashiach and the End of Days . Each step is made up of little actions of faith and trust of Emunah in HaShem . Every action we do for G-D , is an action of Faith and Love of Him and thus , we all , at every moment in time , are a Shaliach ( Messenger ) of HaShem , " Beshalach," sent out to fulfill HaShem's Will and bring this World to Mashiach . It can take only one more action. Only one more Mitzvah , and Mashiach can come .We can, each one of us , be the ultimate Shaliach, to bring about that last action needed ,that will get HaShem To Send Mashiach and Usher in the End of Days , where we can meet HaShem again . So go out and do your Mitzvos and follow HaShem's Torah , out of love and faith and be HaShem's Shaliach Messenger , so that HaShem can " Shalach " - " Send " us Mashiach and the End of Days . It is all up to you. You could be the one who does that last action that brings It About . Or you could be the one who aids and assists in that final action that was " Beshalach ," - " Sent ," to usher in Olam Habah . So never stray from The Holy Torah and Keep always on the Path of HaShem and be a forever beloved " Shaliach "of HaShem . 
With Love to HaShem , I wish HaShem With Love , a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with Love , and to all my fellow Yidden , a very sweet and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .