Parsha b’shalach: Growth, Freedom, and the Master of Mystery

This week’s parsha (Torah portion) is called b’shalach, and it finishes off the pharaoh and Egypt portion of our story.  And likewise, we will conclude the discussion on the breaking of habits that control us. After all, if pharaoh represents the part of us that wants to keep us enslaved to a habit, it would make sense that his destruction signifies the destruction of whatever is keeping us from being free.  But that is not all that happens in the … Continue reading