From the Splitting of the Red Sea to the Opening of the Straits of Hormuz

We have just come out of the holiness of the seventh day of Passover. But this year felt different.

As we entered the holiday on Tuesday night, it was not with quiet calm, but with the piercing sound of sirens, the distant thunder of missiles, and the hurried rush to protected spaces. Families sat at their holiday tables with hearts carrying not only gratitude, but also fear—a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability.

The prayers felt slower, deeper, more real.

And now, as we step out of the holiday, the world speaks about a ceasefire—and at its center, the reopening of one of the most vital waterways on earth: the Straits of Hormuz.

Is it complete? Will it last? Is it the salvation we are hoping for? We don’t know.

But for a believer, there are no questions. And for one who does not believe, there are no answers.

At this very time, thousands of years ago, our ancestors stood at the edge of the Red Sea—trapped, surrounded, with........

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