Parashat B’shalach
“When He Let Go”

13 Shevat 5782
January 15, 2022

Torah Reading

• Exodus 13:17-17:16
After Pharaoh had let the people go, God …
(Exodus 13:17 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Judges 4:5-5:31 (A)
• Judges 5:1-5:31 (S)

New Testament Reading

• Revelation 19:1-20:6

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 66
Come and see what God has done,
his awesome dealings with humankind.
He turned the sea into dry land.
They passed through the river on foot;
there we rejoiced in him.
(Psalm 66:5-6 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Exodus 13:17
2. Exodus 14:9
3. Exodus 14:15
4. Exodus 14:26
5. Exodus 15:27
6. Exodus 16:11
7. Exodus 17:1

Maftir: Exodus 17:14

Meditation

Once more, God summons the forces of the deep to serve His purposes. The “lake of fire that burns with sulfur” engulfs the beast and false prophet, while the birds gorge on the slain armies that fought the LORD and His Hosts (Revelation 19:20-21). Satan himself along with all the evil is chained and thrown into the Abyss for a thousand years (Revelation 20:2-3).
– from Walk Exodus! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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