Chasidut do Wyjścia 14:27
וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ עַל־הַיָּ֗ם וַיָּ֨שָׁב הַיָּ֜ם לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֙קֶר֙ לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַיְנַעֵ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃
I wyciągnął Mojżesz rękę swoję na morze, i wróciło się morze za nastaniem poranku do łożyska swojego, a Micrejczycy uchodzili naprzeciw niemu: I tak wtrącił Wiekuisty Micrejczyków w środek morza.
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 14,27. “towards morning the sea reverted to its permanent state.” Having seen how pleased its Creator had been with its having been split , something that had resulted in the Israelites breaking out in song of thanksgiving and admiration for Hashem, the sea had not wanted to turn into water again, believing that by remaining dry land the Israelites would regularly offer such songs of praises to their Creator. [The author views the word איתנו as a variant of the word תנאי, condition. Ed.]
The sea conditioned its resuming its natural state on only Moses being allowed to command it in the future. When we consider this exegesis, the question raised by the author of the Orach Chayim what was so special about the sea being split seeing that the Jordan has been split also, but not at the command of Moses but of Joshua, and according to the Talmud Chulin. 7, the river Ginnai split at the command of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, is easily answered. Since the Jordan and the river Ginnai had already noticed how pleased G’d had been when the sea divided itself, they did not deserve special credit for their conduct. The sea of reeds, however, had been the first body of water that had negated its normal status in order to please the Lord, did deserve laudatory mention. When the sea split it had not yet been aware that its action would be so pleasing to its Creator.
The sea conditioned its resuming its natural state on only Moses being allowed to command it in the future. When we consider this exegesis, the question raised by the author of the Orach Chayim what was so special about the sea being split seeing that the Jordan has been split also, but not at the command of Moses but of Joshua, and according to the Talmud Chulin. 7, the river Ginnai split at the command of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, is easily answered. Since the Jordan and the river Ginnai had already noticed how pleased G’d had been when the sea divided itself, they did not deserve special credit for their conduct. The sea of reeds, however, had been the first body of water that had negated its normal status in order to please the Lord, did deserve laudatory mention. When the sea split it had not yet been aware that its action would be so pleasing to its Creator.
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