Gateway to Tefilla: Ezras Avoseinu - Davening Out Of Desperation

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Welcome everyone. We're continuing in our Friday shirim. This year, Gateway to Tfila is dedicated by our dear friend Rebbetzin Rose and family of Los Angeles. L'zecher nishmas his father Tzvi, his brother Tzvi ben Levi Yitzchak. Here we go. Um Eyon Tfila. Now, the first uh the first subject Reb Schwab deals with >> [clears throat] >> is in general, we're in Esra Sal Seinu. And we're we're speaking about the various Kiyuvim of Zechiras Yetzias Mitzrayim. Which includes Makas Bechoros, which includes Krias Yam Suf. And we're talking about V'zeidem Tivat. Reb Schwab wants to know what in the world got into these Egyptians that they ran into the sea after the Jews. Are they not worried? The water is standing on edge. They're not worried it's going to come crashing down? That's a That's a suicide mission. Why would they run in after the Mitzrayim? And the Reb Schwab says as follows. They had no choice. They were forced in. The horse pulled the rider into the Yam against their will. Like we say in Shir Hashirim that Hakadosh Baruch Hu compares Knesses Yisrael to horses on Pharaoh's chariot. Meaning the meaning The truth is um The truth is the riders wanted to pull back. They were afraid. Cuz even if they didn't believe in the miracle of uh Krias Yam Suf, and they had some kind of scientific explanation to explain why the sea split the through wind, through weather factors, they're not out of their minds. They

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1. 0:00Welcome everyone. We're continuing in our Friday shirim. This year, Gateway to Tfila is dedicated by…
2. 2:03um The truth is the riders wanted to pull back. They were afraid. Cuz even if…
3. 4:05Egyptians drowned. Even before we crossed. And it's mechazekus. It's being mechazekus the power of our…
4. 6:47V'nosnu yedidim means uh This is going on the shiras hayam. They were mesakin Here, v'nosnu…
5. 8:51elevates the low the lowly who need to be uh elevated. Motzi asirim he saved us…
6. 11:25They're in sakana s'fashos. They didn't daven to emulate Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov. They davened because…
7. 13:29so then oh he's there darling. Then we're desperate. We have no we have no recourse…
8. 15:33Hashem Baruch Hu u'mevorach. God is inherently blessed, but he's also mevorach, blessed through us. Meaning…
9. 18:07They didn't turn. Why didn't the sun like throw some nuclear energy at the Nazis? No,…
10. 20:13that inspired all the Jews to say the same song was Elyon Hashem. Elyon another Kodesh.…

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