Thursday, April 17, 2014

Who entered the Sea first?

Hi,

A lot to think about here - 

"Rabbi Meir said: When Israel stood at the sea, the tribes were contesting with each other, this one saying, 'I will descend to the sea first,' and this one saying, 'I will descend to the sea first.' The tribe of Binyamin jumped up and descended to the sea first, as it is written… And the leaders of Yehudah stoned them, as it is written… Therefore, righteous Binyamin merited to be made a host for the Mighty [the Beit haMikdash], as it is written…

"Rabbi Yehudah said to him: It was not so, but this one said, 'I will not descend to the sea first,' and this one said, 'I will not descend to the sea first.' Nachshon ben Aminadav jumped up and descended to the sea first, as it is written… Therefore Yehudah merited to reign over Israel, as it is written… "

(Talmud, Sotah 36b-37a)

חג כשר ושמח,
Mordechai

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