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Following

praised God for the great miracle.

the recent terror

attacks in Paris, I spoke to my
sister, Rivka, who together

with my brother-in-law, Rabbi Levi
Azimov, are Chabad emissaries in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris.

In

light

of the

...

dancing" (Exodus 16:20).
Here, something unusual
develops. The Torah tells us

is

that the

still "a bit worried" about

they
family's safety,
no plans to leave Paris

have

Jewish womenfolk

"because the Lubavitcher

tambourines, which

Rebbe

out the

M.

they had

(Rabbi Menachem
Schneerson) taught us

brought with them
Egypt, drumming and
singing along in praise of

that you don't run away.
"You don't cave to ter­

from

rorism;' she said. "Not
only that, but we will open

the miracles.

new

the

But behind this

story of faith.

goal to strengthen

Jewish community

The midrash tells

in

the menfolk of the

France.

"If we will leave France, the terror­

ists will feel

"Song of

the Women" there lurks the

Chabad institutions

with the

us

leave this "House of Slaves" called

Egypt,

city

in Paris, in

Berlin and other

cities

big

London,

-

in

and then

they will come to America. Going to
Israel [to make aliyah] is a nice thing,

but not

as an

outcome

of running away

The tremendous faith and trust of

Jewish people dates all the way
back to Egypt.

the

The normal reaction of people leav­

ing a country for the unknown would

be: "Is it safe? What will we eat? Where

we

Yet,

sleep? Where exactly are we

Do you have

going?

not one

asked any

a

of those

leaving Egypt

On the

questions.

contrary,

they had complete trust in God and

Where did the

Jewish nation get

their inspiration and
such faith and trust?

ability to have

We read in this Torah

"Shirai Ha Yam;' the

which describes the

portion the

"Song of the Sea;'
mighty miracle

splitting of the sea,

Moses and the

they didn't want to have
was specifically the
didn't give up; they want­

so

who

after which

Jewish nation sang and

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there would be

no one

to take out of

Egypt.

In order to

emphasize the strength

of the women, this Shabbat is called
to remember and
"Shabbat Shirah"

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us

that the

hope of the Jewish

nation, from time immemorial to this
very day, depends primarily on the

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women.

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in the merit of the

that

our

ancestors

redeemed from

Egypt

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spectators. They even took

but

her

took the tambourine in

her hand, and all the women went out
after her with tambourines and with

recent ter­

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