{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"שואלים ודורשים 30 יום: A daily study of Mishna for the Jewish holidays","title":"Maggid: Count your blessings","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":249,"description":"As Bnei Yisrael exited Mitzrayim, they were chased from behind by the Mitzrim. Even though Paraoh agreed to let Bnei Yisrael go, he changed his mind and gathered his entire military to run after them. As the Mitzrim started getting closer, Bnei Yisrael cry out to Hashem out of fear and beg for him to save them. Moshe calms everybody down by saying that they don’t have to even raise a finger in order to defeat the Mitzrim, but rather Hashem will take care of it Himself. Hashem tells Moshe that Moshe can carry out this salvation on his own and instructs him to hold up his staff and split the sea so that Bnei Yisrael can walk on dry land. This was The most open miracle in the history of the world! Not only was this event awe inspiring to see, but it was also a very spiritual moment. \tThe Michilta D’Rabbi Yishmael writes: even the lowliest maidservant by the yam suf, the least holy person, saw more than Yishiyahu and Yechezkel ever saw! The moment was so great, that it eclipsed a lifetime of navua from 2 of the greatest Neviim ever! The entire world saw Hashem's power and feared the Jewish people. But yet, Shemos rabbah writes: when Bnei Yisrael saw this open miracle, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּרְדוּ לְתוֹךְ הַיָּם הָיָה מָלֵא טִיט שֶׁהָיָה עַד עַכְשָׁו לַח מִן הַמַּיִם וְהָיָה בּוֹ כְּמִין טִיט - and then they went down walking through the yam suf that had a cement-like texture that was, up until then, wet from the water, now had a muddy brick like texture. וְהָיָה אוֹמֵר רְאוּבֵן לְשִׁמְעוֹן, בְּמִצְרַיִם בְּטִיט, וּבַיָּם טִיט. בְּמִצְרַיִם בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים, וּבַיָּם חֹמֶר מַיִם רַבִּים, הֱוֵי: וַיַּמְרוּ עַל יָם בְּיַם סוּף.- and Reuven said to Shimon (example names) “in Mitzrayim we worked with cement, and this sea is full of cement, and in Mitzrayim we there were bricks, and here there are bricks too.” The hindsight is baffling! Here they are, in the middle of the greatest moment in Jewish history, and they’re kvetching about the ground's softness? \tAs much as we scoff...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9IpdlHfnnMpYn3kSXC5Eo-4lcW_v1FHlBWwkuclFEPE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2OTM0LzE2NzA1/MjM4NTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}