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משך חכמה — ה' ילחם לכם ואתם תחרישון

Why does the Mechilta read "לא לשעה זו בלבד" — extending the promise to all future generations, when on the simple reading it addresses the moment at the Sea?

שכעת באו בטענה ובתשובה נצחת לה' למה הוציא אותם ממצרים, ועל זה צריך הקב"ה מן הדין ללחום בעדם. לכן אמר להם שאף בשעה שלא יהיה להם שום טענה על ה'... גם אז ילחום באויביהם של ישראל.

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משך חכמה, בשלח ו׳

Meshekh Chokhmah, Beshalakh:6

Q — Why does the Mechilta read "לא לשעה זו בלבד" — extending the promise to all future generations, when on the simple reading it addresses the moment at the Sea?

A — At the Sea Israel had a fully legitimate claim — "why did you bring us out to die?" — so Hashem was bound by din to fight for them; the chiddush of "ואתם תחרישון" is its application to FUTURE times, when Israel will have nothing to say in their own defense ("בושת הפנים לדבר") — and even then, with no merit and no argument, Hashem will still fight for them.

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