חסידות אויף שמות 2:25

In the Midrash Tanchuma, on the verse "These are the words…", the Israelites said to Moses: "Yesterday you said, 'I am not a man of words,' and now you speak so much?!" Rabbi Yitzchak said: "When you are heavy of mouth, review the Torah and be healed"—just as Moses learned the Torah in the wilderness. End of the quote of language of the Midrash. And we preface with the verse (Deuteronomy 2:3): "You have circled this mountain long enough; turn yourselves northward." And Rashi explained: "Circle yourselves eastward—from the south to the north—your faces to the north…" To understand the matter, we may say as follows: It is known that the secret of the Exodus from Egypt is that Da'at (knowledge/awareness) was in exile and in smallness—they did not know the complete Da’at to serve the Blessed God with delight and with great intellect, as it is written (I Chronicles 28:9), "Know the God of your father…" It is known that Da’at is a term of Yichud (union) and Taanug (pleasure), as it is written, "And Adam knew..." In the Egyptian exile, their Da’at was extremely diminished, which is the concept of "Meitzar Yam" (narrowness of the sea)—that the Da’at which flows from the Da’at of Chokhmah (wisdom) was constricted and small; they did not possess the great Da’at. And through the Exodus, where they went out of the Meitzar Yam, the Da’at became great and increased—the knowledge of God, as it says (Exodus 2:25), "And God knew"—meaning the Da’at of God was elevated. And as it says, "You grew and became great," they came into expanded intellect and great Da’at to serve the Creator with pure and luminous delight, which is the joy of mitzvah and service. As it is said: "A maidservant saw at the sea what Ezekiel did not see"—because their service, once the Da’at was increased and they left the smallness, was with joy. As it says (Psalms 100:2): "Serve God with joy." And we also find another verse that says (Psalms 2:11): "Serve God with fear." The truth is, as the Sages expounded in the Talmud: "Serve God with fear, and rejoice with trembling"—in the place of joy, there should be trembling. To understand the words of the Talmud:

Exodus 2,25. “G’d looked upon the Children of Israel ‎and took notice of them.” G’d foresaw that there would be ‎Children of Israel who would accept the Torah in due course, ‎although at this stage they were still worshipping idols, also. The ‎word ‎וידע‎ always describes an intimate relationship to another ‎person, so that when it is used here for G’d and His relationship ‎to the Children of Israel, after previously the Torah only spoke of ‎וישמע אלוקים, וישמע אלוקים, וירא אלוקים‎, the verb ‎וידע‎ introduces a ‎more intimate relationship. G’d was now able to relate to the ‎virtues of the Jewish people, whereas previously He had paid ‎attention only to their shortcomings.‎