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810) “The Lord is my shepherd.” “The Lord is my shepherd,” such as the shepherd who leads his flock in a place where there is grass herbs, so that nothing will be lacking there. Here, too, the Creator is my shepherd, to nourish me with all that I need. “The Lord is my shepherd.” This is why man’s nourishments are as hard as the tearing of the Red Sea. There are two interpretations, and both are true.
811) It is because all the works of the Creator are in judgment and truth, and the whole world exists on judgment and truth. Each day, He sentences the world in judgment—to righteous, to wicked, and to the rest of the people in the world—as it is written, “For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness.” And when He sentences people and sees how wicked and sinful they are before Him, it is hard for Him to give them food at any time, since He needs to feed the wicked and those who sin.
812) He deals leniently with them and provides for them, according to the high grace that extends and drips over all the people of the world. In it, He nourishes and provides for all the righteous, the pious, the wicked, all the people of the world, all the animals and beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, from greatest to smallest. There is no one in the world for whom He does not nourish and provide for all, although it is as difficult for Him as the tearing of the Red Sea, due to the deeds of the people in the world.
813) Was the tearing of the Red Sea hard for Him? But it is written, “He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,” Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth.” And when the desire appears before Him, everything is as nothing before Him, so how do you say that the tearing of the Red Sea was hard for Him?
814) When Israel approached the sea and the Creator wished to tear the Red Sea for them, Rahav, the appointee over Egypt, came and asked the Creator for judgment. He said to Him, “Master of the world, why do You wish to execute judgment on Egypt and tear the sea for Israel if they are all sinners before You, while all Your ways are in judgment and truth? These are idol worshippers, and those are idol worshippers; these sin in incest, and those in incest; these shed blood, and those shed blood.”
815) At that time, it was hard for the Creator to go by the way of judgment. And behold, Israel were journeying by the sea, as it is written, “And the Lord said … ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.’” It was hard for Him to break the judgment and tear the Red Sea for them. Had the Creator not regarded Abraham’s merit, who hurried in the morning to do his Master’s commandments and will, as it is written, “And Abraham arose early in the morning,” they would all be lost at sea, since all through that night the Creator was in judgment over Israel.
816) “And the one did not come near the other all night” teaches that the angels of the upper one came before the Creator that night to praise. He told them, “My works are drowning in the sea and you are praising Me?” Promptly, “And the one did not come near the other all night.” “One … near the other” was said of the angels who praise the Creator, as it is written, “And one called unto another, and said, ‘Holy.’” It is also written, “And it came to pass, at the morning watch,” that the Creator regarded Abraham’s merit, who rose early to do his Master’s will, as it is written, “And Abraham arose early in the morning.” Then the sea regressed and the water fled from Israel.
817) “And the sea regained its strength at daybreak.” “Regained its strength” means its first condition, the condition which the Creator conditioned it when He created the world. He conditioned with it that it would tear for Israel, for “Its strength” has the letters of “condition” [in Hebrew]. It is written, “Its strength,” and it is written, “Maschil [teaching/educating] for Ethan the Ezrahite,” who is Abraham. Here “Its strength” also implies Abraham. The sea tore at daybreak, when Abraham arose in the morning to do his Master’s will. This is why the tearing of the Red Sea was hard for Him.
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