The Song of Sea

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Building the Jewish Connections : The Song of the Sea

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Building the Jewish Connections : The Song of the Sea

Also known as the Song of Redemption or the Shirat HaYam , it is recited twice in a year , and also during the reading at the seventh day of Pesach during the special reading . It can be compared to other songs which are written differently . The Shirat HaYam of Devorah sang only by themselves , whereas the some of its variants

claim that Song of the Sea talks about Moshe leading the entire nation in the song , that the women also participated in the singing ADDIN EN .CITE Fraser2Ezra FraserSong of Redemption2008May 311991http /www .tzemachdovid .org /Vsamachta /Pesach01 /redemption .shtml (Fraser , 1991

The Song of the Sea of the Song of Redemption is a prayer which was sung with the faithful Israelites . At present , the prayer is recited on a daily basis in the morning shacharit services in the form of music Originally , this comes from the Parshat Beshalach . As mentioned above it is usually read in the seventh day of Passover . The Jewish call the part where Shabat as part of the Parashat Beshallach as is read is called the Shabat Shirah . Many of its verses are sung in melodies . These melodies are characterized by unique sounds . Another noticeable characteristic is that it can be seen from a picture that the format of the columns where it is written is unusual . It can be seen in the Sefer Torah which has the most unique structure . The columns formed by the words appear like bricks on the walls , which is symbolilc of the two sides of the water split into two

The poem Song of the Sea , appears in one of the books in the bible specifically at the Exodus 15 :1b-18 . It mainly illustrates the fate of the Egyptians upon trying to follow the Israelites being led my Moses at that time , in their quest of walking towards their freedon to reach Canaan . The very famous story regarding the Red Sea being separated into two as it allows passing through of the Israelites was told . The sea killed a lot of the Egyptian soldiers including the king as the water went back to its normal state after having all the Israelites reach the other side of the water

This poem has a very large amount of spiritual relevance to Christianism . It is one of the proofs in the bible that describes the omnipotence of God . The splitting of the Red Sea is one of the highlights of the history of the Christian Faith , which up to now exists . It showed us the love of God to those who love him , ang destruction to those who have offended him . It was for that day when the slaves felt the sense of invincbility . It is the basic expression of what God is capable of doing for his people , the evidence that up to...