Pipeline Torah Gem #921 2026-04-08: Into the Sea
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Vaughn Seward
Apr 12, 2026, 4:27:27 PMApr 12
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Into the Sea
The first time God showed His governance of nations in a strict manner was when He destroyed the Egyptians as they pursued the Jewish people at the Red Sea. The Egyptians deserved to die because of all that they had done to the Jewish people during the years when they enslaved them. As the Midrash so beautifully states, excessive kindness to the cruel is but another form of cruelty to the righteous.
Divide the name Elohim (aleph lamed heh yod mem) into its two component parts and recognize how the God of justice administered deserved punishment:
Elohim = El (aleph lamed) Yam (heh yod mem)
Which means “into the sea.” Those who had drowned Jewish babies were now, measure for measure, drowned in water themselves.
Adapted from "Secrets of Hebrew Words", by Benjamin Blech, 1991, page 21.
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The first time God showed His governance of nations in a strict manner was when He destroyed the Egyptians as they pursued the Jewish people at the Red Sea. The Egyptians deserved to die because of all that they had done to the Jewish people during the years when they enslaved them. As the Midrash so beautifully states, excessive kindness to the cruel is but another form of cruelty to the righteous.
Divide the name Elohim (aleph lamed heh yod mem) into its two component parts and recognize how the God of justice administered deserved punishment:
Elohim = El (aleph lamed) Yam (heh yod mem)
Which means “into the sea.” Those who had drowned Jewish babies were now, measure for measure, drowned in water themselves.
Adapted from "Secrets of Hebrew Words", by Benjamin Blech, 1991, page 21.
Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Peysakhdik Passover-ready / Related to Passover Khometdik Leavened / Not Kosher for Passover Knaydlekh Matzah balls Kayre Seder plate
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