Chasidut para sa Isaias 43:2

What comes out from this for us is that miracles of the second type — that are not the negation of nature, but rather that nature only acts according to the will of the Holy One, blessed, be He — is more of a novelty. And it will be so in the future to come, as it is written: When you pass through water, I will be with you; through streams, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire, you shall not be scorched; through flame, it shall not burn you (Isaiah 43:2). That means that it will not be like with the splitting of the Red Sea and the rising up of the waters of the Jordan into one heap. Instead, fire and water, just as they are, will be elevated to the point where they will feel the will of the Omnipresent, and they will only do His will, may His name be blessed. And through this, we have explained the words of the midrash [on Parashat] Vayeshev (Bereisht Rabbah 84:8), "Why was it that they hated him (Genesis 37:4) — because the sea would split before them," according to its straightforward meaning: For the splitting of the Red Sea was still lowly in their eyes, and they thought of Judah as the king, and that his level would be like that of the messianic king, and like in the future to come, as mentioned above; that the sea would not hurt them even without the splitting, and as it is written, When you pass through water, I will be with you, etc.. And they thought that the impediment to this was Joseph, as he did not submit himself to Judah. And as a result, [God's] supervision was in the merit of Joseph [and not Judah], and his merit only reached the splitting of the Red Sea and not to a greater level, as mentioned above.