And the water was for them as a wall, from their right and their left.
Exodus-Shemot 14:29
On these latter days of Pesach, tradition tells us that the Children of Israel approached the Reed Sea, pursued by the might of the Egyptian Empire. Of course, the miracle of the splitting of the sea is explained, and the destruction of our pursuers described.
It seems to me that there are a few lessons for us in looking at this text and this story. This was one of the first times the Jewish people a...