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7th Day of Pesaḥ

7th Day of Pesaḥ

This is an archive of prayers and other works relevant to the 7th and final day of Passover (extended to two days outside of Erets Yisrael). The day commemorates the miraculous passage of the newly liberated Israelites through the Sea of Reeds, and the destruction of the Pharaonic army pursuing them.

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📜 שירת הים | Shirat haYam :: the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1-19)

According to Rabbinic tradition, the 21st of Nissan is the day in the Jewish calendar on which Pharaoh’s army was drowned in the Sea of Reeds, and the redeemed children of Yisrael sang the Song of the Sea, the (Shirat Hayam, Exodus 15:1-19). The song, as included in the the morning prayers, comprises one of the most ancient text in Jewish liturgy. The 21st of Nissan corresponds to the 7th day of Passover, and the recitation of the Shirat HaYam is part of the daily Torah Reading. Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery shares a performance of a melody he learned for the Shirat Hayam from צוף דבש Tzuf Devash, a Moroccan synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. If there is something about this tune that strikes one as particularly celebratory, it might be because the relationship between G!d and the Jewish people is traditionally described as a marriage consummated with the Covenant at Mt. Sinai. The passage of Bnei Yisrael through the Sea of Reeds towards Mt. Sinai thus begins a bridal march commencing in the theophany at Mt. Sinai, 42 days later. . . .

Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Pesaḥ Readings, Shirat ha-Yam, Parashat b'Shalaḥ, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: אז ישיר Az Yashir, conflicting messages, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, safe passage, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, symplegades, Yom Vayosha

Contributor(s): the Masoretic Text and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The twelve hued rainbow above the Sea of Reeds during the miracle of its division into twelve channels of liberation

A medieval manuscript illustration of the aggadah that the Yam Suf was split in 12 discrete channels, one for each tribe, as reflected above by a 12-color rainbow . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Parashat b'Shalaḥ, Shirat ha-Yam, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., אז ישיר Az Yashir, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, safe passage, פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, שבת שירה shabbat shirah, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, the Rainbow

Contributor(s): Moshe ben Maimon and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

the song at the sea of ending one story and beginning another, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit (February 2023)

This piece emerged in February 2023 upon realizing that instead of reading ים סוף as Yam Suf (generally understood at the Sea of Reeds), it could be read as Yam Sof: Sea of End[ing]. It was apparent to me that we may have approached this sea (escaping from slavery) thinking that it would be the end of us. It was not. But it was the end of *something*. . . .

Categories: Parashat b'Shalaḥ, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems, safe passage, יציאת מצרים Yetsiat Mitsrayim

Contributor(s): Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Sea reeds 2 (12695113484) (credit: Valentin Hintikka, license: CC BY-SA)

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