Parsha Shiur: Beshalach

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now encamped by the yams and the Jewish people raise their eyes and their worst fears the Egyptians are chasing after them they're very scared and they cry out. And they say to Moshe, "Were there not enough graves in Egypt? You're taking us out to be killed in the midbraenu says to do not be scared. Stand up and see the salvation of that he will do for you today. will fight on your behalf and you will you can just remain silent famous says the a very interesting question says the how could 600,000 men between the ages of 20 and 60 be scared of 20 and 60 be scared for those who are pursuing Why didn't they fight back? What an interesting question. You've got 600,000 men of fighting age between the ages of 20 and 60. Why did they fight back? They way outnumber those who are pursuing them. Why did they why were they so frozen in fear? says the Ezra. The answer is the were the the the masters and the the were the the the masters and the oppressors of the Jewish people in this generation that came out of Egypt. They were trained from their youth to to to to absorb the yoke of Egypt and their spirit was low. They had been born into slavery. They This is all they're used to. They couldn't entertain. They couldn't contemplate the possibility of fighting contemplate the possibility of fighting back against their masters who would who have persecuted them for for decades. They were weak and they were not trained in war. says, "I'll prove it to you," says because a little later on in a different encounter come and and attack the Jewish people and they're a very small number were not for the prayer of they would have been victorious over the Jewish

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