Parashat BeShalah: Miriam’s Holy Song

image Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea (1900 painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman)

Women, Men, and Angels When the Israelites left Egypt and God split the sea for them the angels wanted to praise Him. He told them: “let Moshe and Israelites sing first”. And so it was that the Israelite men sang first, the angels sang last, and the women sang in between. This beautiful scene is […]