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Find the text study sheet here. There are a number of parallels between the creation of the world and the splitting of Yam Suf , casting this dramatic moment of the Exodus as a kind of “recreation story.” Which makes the appearance of a provocative midrash about an Israelite woman picking fruit from a tree and feeding it to another that much more fascinating… and I’d like to suggest, subversive. What exactly happened in the Garden of Eden, and what message does it hold for the generation crossing the sea? 7th Day of Passover 5785 | Parshat Beshallah