Seventh Day of Pesach

We are now reaching the culmination and climax of the Pesach holiday. I am referring to the seventh day of Pesach and the reading regarding קריעת ים סוף, the splitting of the Red Sea, that took place on this day.

Our Rabbis tell us, מה שראתה שפחה על הים לא ראה יחזקאל בן בוזי, that which the maidservant saw by the sea, the prophet, Yechezkel Ben Buzi, did not see.

This is a remarkable statement as it indicates the high level of Divine revelation existed at that time. Not only was the nation witnessing an incredible miracle of unbelievable proportions, but they were all granted an extremely high level of prophecy. Yechezkel is mentioned specifically because the prophecies he witnessed, were higher than any other prophecy. And the prophecy witnessed by even the maidservant, was higher than this.

It is because of this great event, that we are to mention it twice daily. This was how we began as a nation, with signs and wonders, so that there was no doubt as to the truth of Judaism. No other religion began in such a miraculous way, because no other religion is truth.

When we read אז ישיר on the seventh day of Pesach, we should focus on the magnitude and significance of this great event.