"And he took six hundred chosen chariots"

Synopsis

Rabbi Yosi says that the 600 chosen chariots correspond to the number of the children of Yisrael, "about 600,000 men on foot." Rabbi Chiya tells us that when the Holy One, blessed be He, gives dominion to the ministers of the nations above, He gives it to their nations below, and when He brings them down from their grade above, He brings down their nations below. The minister of Egypt led the chariots of the other peoples, all of whom fell into the sea. Rabbi Chiya explains how Pharaoh harnessed the mares before the stallions, then the stallions before the mares, depending on whether he wanted them to run, or to fight. He compares this to the verse, "And Hashem went before them by day," saying that afterwards the Shechinah went behind the children of Yisrael.

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61. "And he took six hundred chosen chariots" (Ibid. 7). HE ASKS, Why 600 chariots? Rabbi Yosi said, This corresponds to the number of the children of Yisrael, as it is written, "About six hundred thousand men on foot" (Shemot 12:37). The word "chosen" corresponds to the men THAT WERE IN YISRAEL, who were the principal part of all the nation of Yisrael. "And all the chariots of Egypt," were all the other chariots that were secondary and behind THE SIX HUNDRED THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. They correspond to the children IN YISRAEL WHO WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN ON FOOT, BUT WERE SECONDARY TO THEM, as is said, "Besides children." He did everything according to the advice of his sorcerers and wise men. "And captains over every one of them." He did everything with wisdom, for they corresponded to the celestial levels - WHICH ARE PLACED two and one OVER THEM. Rabbi Yitzchak said, This accords with the Aramaic translation, 'stimulating officers,' for they were swift in everything.

61. וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וְגוֹ.' שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֲמַאי. א"ר יוֹסֵי, לָקֳבֵל מִנְיָינָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּכְתִּיב כְּשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי. בָּחוּר: לָקֳבֵל הַגְּבָרִים דְּאִינּוּן עִקָרָא דְּכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְכָל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם: שְׁאַר רְתִיכִין, דְּאִינּוּן טְפָלִין לַאֲחוֹרֵי, לָקֳבֵל הַטַּף דִּכְתִּיב לְבַד מִטָּף. וְכֹלָּא עָבֵיד בְּעֵיטָא דְּחַרְשׁוֹי וְחַכְמוֹי. וְשָׁלִישִׁים עַל כֻּלּוֹ, כֹּלָּא בְּחָכְמְתָא, לָקֳבֵל דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין, תְּרֵין וְחָד. ר' יִצְחָק אָמַר, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ, וּמְזָרְזִין. זְרִיזִין הֲווֹ בְּכֹלָּא.

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62. "And he took six hundred chosen chariots." Rabbi Chiya said, It is written, "That Hashem shall punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth" (Yeshayah 24:21). At the time that the Holy One, blessed be He, gives dominion to the ministers of the nations above, He gives it to their nations below; and when He brings them down from their grade above, He brings down their nations below. "And he took six hundred chosen chariots." It was their minister WHO TOOK THEM. We have established that he led the chariots of the other peoples, FOR THESE SIX HUNDRED CHARIOTS WERE NOT FROM EGYPT, BUT WERE ONLY FROM THE OTHER NATIONS. They all fell in the army camp of Sisra. And this is the meaning of "SIX HUNDRED CHARIOTS chosen." Afterwards, "all the chariots of Egypt," FOR ONCE IT IS WRITTEN, "AND ALL THE CHARIOTS OF EGYPT," THEN "SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS" IS SUPERFLUOUS. CERTAINLY, "SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS" IS ONLY FROM THE OTHER NATIONS, AND THEREFORE IT SAYS AFTERWARDS, "AND ALL THE CHARIOTS OF EGYPT."

62. וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר. ר' חִיָּיא אָמַר, כְּתִיב יִפְקוֹד יְיָ' עַל צְבָא הַמָּרוֹם בַּמָּרוֹם וְעַל מַלְכֵי הָאֲדָמָה עַל הָאֲדָמָה. בְּזִמְנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהִיב שֻׁלְטָנוּתָא לְרַבְרְבֵי עַמִּין לְעֵילָּא, יָהִיב לְהוּ לְעַמָּא דִּלְהוֹן לְתַתָּא. וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּנָחִית לוֹן מִדַּרְגֵּיהוֹן דִּלְעֵילָּא, נָחִית לוֹן לְעַמָּא לְתַתָּא, וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר, הָא מְמָנָא דִּלְהוֹן, וְאוּקְמוּהָ, דְּדָבַר רְתִיכִין דִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין, וְכֻלְּהוּ נָפְלוּ בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא דְּסִיסְרָא לְבָתַר וְהַיְינוּ בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם.

Chariot Female Horses Love Male Pharaoh, The Seas War

63. It is written, "I compare you, O my love, to a mare of the chariots of Pharaoh" (Shir Hashirim 1:9). Come and behold, he appeared in the image of a mare to Pharaoh's horses, AND THEREFORE THEY CHASED AFTER HER, INTO THE SEA. And they explained this. But, "to a mare of the chariots of Pharaoh." Come and behold, when Pharaoh was chasing after the children of Yisrael, what did he do? He took female horses and harnessed them to the chariot up front first, and harnessed male horses behind them. The males warmed to the females, but the females were reluctant and hastened to run. When they approached Yisrael, he took the females and placed them behind and the male horses in front in order to do harm to Yisrael and to war against them, BECAUSE THE MALE HORSES WERE STRONGER THAN THE FEMALES FOR WAR.

63. כְּתִיב לְסֻסָתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה דִּמִּיתִיךְ רַעְיָתִי. תָּא חֲזֵי, כְּדוּגְמַת סוּסְיָא נוּקְבָּא, אִתְחָזֵי לְהוֹן לְסוּסֵיהוֹן דְּפַרְעֹה, וְאוּקְמוּהָ. אֶלָּא לְסוּסָּתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה, תָּא חֲזֵי, פַּרְעֹה בְּשַׁעֲתָא דַּהֲוָה רָדִיף אֲבָתְרַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, מַה עָבֵד, נָטַל סוּסְוָון נוּקְבָן, וְכָפַת לוֹן בִּרְתִּיכוֹי בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וְסוּסִין דּוּכְרָאֵי כָּפַת לוֹן לַאֲחוֹרֵיהוֹן, וַהֲווֹ מְזַיְּינִין דּוּכְרֵי לָקֳבֵל נוּקְבֵי, וְנוּקְבֵי לָא בָּעָאן, וְאוֹחָן לְמֵיזָל. כֵּיוָן דְּקָרִיב לְגַבַּיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, נָטַל נוּקְבֵי וְשַׁוֵּי לוֹן לַאֲחוֹרֵי, וְסוּסְוָון דּוּכְרִין לְקַדְמִין, לְאַבְאָשָׁא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וּלְאַגָּחָא בְּהוּ קְרָבָא.

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