Aleph Beta: Beshalach: Are We An Ungrateful Nation?

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January 21, 2016, 2 PM ET

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In Parshat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) we're introduced to a nation of whiners and complainers. After years of slavery, the Israelites are finally a free nation! The next thing we should be reading is a love story between God and His people. But the honeymoon phase ends before it even begins. How can the Israelites complain so soon after God freed them from slavery? How did they lose faith in God so quickly?

Dig Deeper: For more on the Splitting of the Sea: https://goo.gl/qWBIkW To learn more about Israel's faith in God following the Splitting of the Sea: https://goo.gl/YRKLTc For more on how Israel could have lost faith in the desert, through the lens of later narratives in the Torah: https://goo.gl/6dc9iL To dive into later epdisode of Israel's complaints in the desert: https://goo.gl/Bq7oIX

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