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Why did Hashem (ה׳) provide so much gold at Yam Suf that Moshe had to force the Jewish people to leave it behind? The shiur reveals that true wealth isn't measured by what you possess but by your ability to walk away from money. Hashem's blessing included teaching Bnei Yisrael that unless you can leave money on the table, you're not truly wealthy—you're owned by it.
The shiur opens with Rashi (רש"י)'s comment on the pasuk "Vayasa Moshe es Yisroel miYam Suf"—Moshe had to turn the Jewish people away from Yam Suf against their will ("bakoch"). Rashi explains that the Egyptians had decorated their horses and armaments with precious stones, gold, and silver, and the Jewish people were finding these treasures. The Gemara (גמרא) teaches that "Gedolah bizas Hayam mibizas Mitzrayim"—the wealth acquired at the sea was even greater than what they had taken from Egypt. Because of this abundance, Hashem (ה׳) had to physically pressure them to leave. Rabbi Zweig raises a fundamental question: Why did Hashem need to perform a miracle to bring up so much wealth from the sea in the first place? After all, it's miraculous that items from drowned soldiers would surface rather than sink to the bottom. If Hashem wanted to give them a specific amount of wealth, He could have made a smaller miracle with less gold and silver surfacing, eliminating the need to force them away. Why create an abundance so overwhelming that it required divine intervention to make them leave?
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Parshas Beshalach - Vayasa Moshe es Yisroel miYam Suf
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