Beshalach
Sign in to savethumb|right|450px|''Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea (1900 painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman) Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah (—Hebrew for "when [he] let go" (literally: "in (having) sent"), the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 13:17–17:16. In this parashah, Pharaoh changed his mind and chased after the Israelites, trapping them at the Sea of Reeds. God commanded Moses to split the sea, allowing the Isra
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44 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Exodus 13:17–14:8
- Second reading—Exodus 14:9–14
- Third reading—Exodus 14:15–25
- Fourth reading—Exodus 14:26–15:26
- Fifth reading—Exodus 15:27–16:10
- Sixth reading—Exodus 16:11–36
- Seventh reading—Exodus 17:1–16
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Exodus chapter 15
- Exodus chapter 16
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 13
- Exodus chapter 14
- Exodus chapter 15
- Exodus chapter 16
- Exodus chapter 17
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Exodus chapter 14
- Exodus chapter 15
- Exodus chapter 16
- Exodus chapter 17
- In modern interpretation
- Exodus chapter 13
- Exodus chapter 14
- Exodus chapter 15
- Exodus chapter 16
- Exodus chapter 17
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|450px|''Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea (1900 painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman) Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah (—Hebrew for "when [he] let go" (literally: "in (having) sent"), the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 13:17–17:16. In this parashah, Pharaoh changed his mind and chased after the Israelites, trapping them at the Sea of Reeds. God commanded Moses to split the sea, allowing the Israelites to escape, then closed the sea back upon the Egyptian army. The Israelites also experience the miracles of manna and clean water. Although they were attacked by the Amalekites , the Israelites were still victorious.
The parashah is made up of 6,423 Hebrew letters, 1,681 Hebrew words, 116 verses, and 216 lines in a Torah Scroll (Sefer Torah'').