TORAH → PARSHAH Issue 1048 · February 5, 2025

Parshas Beshalach: Picture Perfect

Chazal say matching couples is as difficult as Kri’as Yam Suf. What’s the connection?

Parshas Beshalach: Picture Perfect

 

“And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand on the sea, and split it, and Bnei Yisrael will come amid the sea on dry land. (Shemos 14:16)

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oes anything in our lives remotely reflect that unparalleled miracle of Kri’as Yam Suf? Chazal say matching couples is as difficult as Kri’as Yam Suf. What’s the connection? (Rabbi YY Jacobson, TheYeshiva.net)

They say that you hire a wedding photographer so your kids can look at your album and laugh. After a long hiatus, my boys were recently paging through my album.

“Is that Mommy?” said Avi. “I don’t believe it!”

Kids are great for the ego. I glanced over to see which photo had prompted his disbelief.

The photographer had caught me dancing, mid-spin. Arms graceful, veil flying, I was poised several inches above the floor. But it was my face that drew me now. I was ecstatic, eyes glowing, exuding the joy I was feeling.

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