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עקידת יצחק — אז ישיר משה / שירת הים

Q (the cluster): Why is the Shirah introduced with future-tense "אז ישיר" rather than "אז שר"? Why do Moshe, Israel, and Miriam each sing? What makes this verse the gateway to the whole song? A (the unifying chiddush): The future form hints that the praise reaches beyond the moment at the sea to the ultimate redemption and the revival to come — Chazal derive techiyas ha'meisim from "ישיר." The son

השירה נאמרה בלשון עתיד 'אז ישיר' לרמז על אמונת התחיה והשבח הראוי לעתיד לבוא

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עקידת יצחק

Akeidat Yitzchak 40:1

Q — Why is the Shirah introduced with future-tense "אז ישיר" rather than "אז שר"? Why do Moshe, Israel, and Miriam each sing? What makes this verse the gateway to the whole song?

A — The future form hints that the praise reaches beyond the moment at the sea to the ultimate redemption and the revival to come — Chazal derive techiyas ha'meisim from "ישיר." The song is not only gratitude for a past rescue but a declaration of faith in God's future deliverance. Israel and the women each sing because the recognition at the sea was universal and complete, the kind of clear emunah that lets a person praise not only what was but what will be.

יבאר שחטא האנשים הבאים אל תטאם בטענ' ומופת הוא חטא עז וקשה מהבאים בבלי דעת ושלתקין זה הית' כונת זאת השירה השגור' בפי כל: אז ישיר משה וכו' במדרש (ש"ר פרש' כ"נ) נופת תטופנה שפתותיך כלה (שיר ד).

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