Parashat Beshalach – Shevat 13, 5786 (January 31, 2026) Soon after Pharaoh permits the children of Israel to leave Egypt, he reverses course and pursues them with military force. The Israelites find themselves trapped—Pharaoh’s army behind them, the sea in front of them. At that moment of existential crisis, God instructs Moses to lift his staff. The sea splits. Israel crosses. The waters then close over the Egyptian forces. What follows is Shirat HaYam , the Song at the Sea—

Workplace bullying rarely begins with open hostility. It begins with implication, denial, and psychological pressure designed to provoke reaction and rewrite reality. “Let their words hang them” is not silence born of fear, but restraint born of clarity—a refusal to surrender perception, dignity, or joy to manipulation.