The seventh day of Pesach marks one of the most dramatic moments in Jewish history – the splitting of the Red Sea. The Torah reading describes in vivid detail how the Children of Israel stood trapped between the sea and the pursuing Egyptian army. Then, “Hashem caused the sea to go back with a strong east wind all that night”.
The miracle was not immediate. There was no thunderbolt from heaven. It came through an easterly wind – natural, almost subtle. Yet at exactly the right moment, the waters split.
This is one of the most powerful lessons of Pesach: that Hashem’s miracles are often wrapped in nature, hidden behind the veil of the world as we know it. It’s not always a flash of lightning. Sometimes it’s the quiet, perfectly timed breeze that changes everything.
We see this so clearly in our own times. The events unfolding in Israel, particularly over the past year, have been filled with challenge, pain and yet… salvation.
