[Avodah] binfol oyivkha

[Lisa Liel]

On Mon, 9 May 2011 05:43:11 -0400, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> 
wrote (v28i74m4):
>On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 09:56:51AM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
>:> We can hate the evil of a person, while appreciating that he is still
>:> the work of G-d's hands.
>
>: How does this explain the shira that the Jews (Moshe and Miriam) made after
>: the Egyptians drowned in Yam Suf.  The shira celebrates explicitly their
>: drowning
>
>Look at the reisha of your quote: Didn't their evil go down with them?

Except that Shirat Hayam doesn't say that.  It says "I will sing to 
Hashem because He is greatly exalted, the horse and his rider he has 
thrown into the sea."  Not the nasty stuff the horse and rider did 
(the horse was probably innocent, anyway), but the evil people themselves.

And "Pharoah's chariots and army He has cast into the sea, and the 
best of his captains are drowned in the Red Sea."  Honestly, this 
doesn't sound to me like it's anything but rejoicing over the 
obliteration of the enemy.

And also "Your right hand, Hashem, dashes the enemy to pieces."  And 
"You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth your 
anger, and it consumes them like dry grass."  And "They sank like 
lead in mighty waters."  And "You stretched out Your arm; the earth 
swallowed them."

Again, this was a nation rightfully singing out in joy and praise at 
Hashem annihilating our enemies.  I don't see how it can be much clearer.

Lisa