Yishmael says — In the merit of Jerusalem I will split the

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 4:4

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 9, 2025

R. Yishmael says: In the merit of Jerusalem I will split the sea for them, as it is written (Isaiah 52:1) "Awake, awake, clothe yourself in splendor, O Zion. Don your robes of glory, O Jerusalem, holy city. For there will not again enter you the uncircumcised and the unclean", and (Ibid. 51:9-10) "Awake, awake, clothe yourself in splendor, O arm of the L–rd. Awake as in days of old, as in generations of yore … Is it not You that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, a road for the redeemed to cross?"

Themes

Prophecy Holy Land Jerusalem Abraham Redemption

Biblical References

Isaiah 52:1

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