(Exodus 14 — 30) "and the L–rd saved Israel on that day" — As

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 7:12

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 5, 2025

(Exodus 14:30) "and the L–rd saved Israel on that day": As a bird held in a man's hand, so that if he pressed its hand but a little he would choke it, as it is written (Psalms 124:6-8) "Our soul (at the splitting of the sea) escaped as from the hunter's snare. The snare broke and we escaped. Our help is in the name of the L–rd, Maker of heaven and earth." Or: As a man releasing a fetus from a cow's womb, as it is written (Devarim 4:34) "Or has a G–d ever done miracles to come and take for Himself a nation from the midst of a nation, etc."? Why "a nation from the midst of a nation"?—As a man releasing a fetus from a cow's womb, viz. (Ibid. 20) "and you did the L–rd take, and He brought you forth from the iron furnace, etc."

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