Derasha 33 on Beshalach 15:2

Parashas Beshalach · Passuk 15:2

The Complete Passuk

עׇזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֔הּ וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה        זֶ֤ה אֵלִי֙ וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ        אֱלֹהֵ֥י אָבִ֖י וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Gittin 20a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 15:2
Sefaria — Gittin 20a
E-Daf — Gittin 20a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Gittin 20a
אִי מִשּׁוּם כְּרִיתוּת דְּאִית בַּהּ – הָא בָּעֵינָא ״וְכָתַב לָהּ״ – לִשְׁמָהּ, וְלֵיכָּא. וְכִי תֵּימָא, לֵיחוּשׁ דִּילְמָא אַקְדֵּים וִיהַב לֵיהּ זוּזָא לְסָפְרָא מֵעִיקָּרָא; הָא בָּעֵינַן ״שִׁינָּה שְׁמוֹ וּשְׁמָהּ, שֵׁם עִירוֹ וְשֵׁם עִירָהּ״, וְלֵיכָּא. וְרַב יוֹסֵף מַאי קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן? שֶׁאֵין מֵי מֵילִין עַל גַּבֵּי מֵי מֵילִין.

English: Rabbi Yose HaGelili expounded: How did they recite the song? An infant lying on his mother’s knees and a suckling nursing at his mother’s breasts — as soon as they saw the Shechinah the infant raised his neck and the suckling released the breast from his mouth and they said “This is my God,” as it is stated “From the mouth of infants and sucklings You have established strength.”

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse.

What Is Learned

Even nursing infants and young children pointed and declared “This is my God” upon seeing the Shechinah at the sea.