(יז) (יז) ויאמר שירת הים בשמחה וידמה בדעתו כאלו באותו היום עבר בים והאומר בשמחה מוחלין לו עונותיו:
The Chafetz Chayim's Explanation on the Siddur:
The man who walks into the funeral of the wicked man...
The man who walks into the funeral of the wicked man...
Some sources indicate that the custom of saying Az Yashir began after the destruction of the 2nd Beis Hamikdash.
Others sourceit back to the Geonim.
Others sourceit back to the Geonim.
בְּכׇל דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָּיב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת עַצְמוֹ כְּאִילּוּ הוּא יָצָא מִמִּצְרַיִם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה ה׳ לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם
The tanna of the mishna further states: In each and every generation a person must view himself as though he personally left Egypt, as it is stated: “And you shall tell your son on that day, saying: It is because of this which the Lord did for me when I came forth out of Egypt” (Exodus 13:8). In every generation, each person must say: “This which the Lord did for me,” and not: This which the Lord did for my forefathers.
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל שִׁיר שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה מֹשֶׁה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲמָרוּהוּ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁעָלוּ מִן הַיָּם וְהַלֵּל זֶה מִי אֲמָרוֹ נְבִיאִים שֶׁבֵּינֵיהֶן תִּקְּנוּ לָהֶן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיְּהוּ אוֹמְרִין אוֹתוֹ עַל כׇּל פֶּרֶק וּפֶרֶק וְעַל כׇּל צָרָה וְצָרָה שֶׁלֹּא תָּבֹא עֲלֵיהֶן וְלִכְשֶׁנִּגְאָלִין אוֹמְרִים אוֹתוֹ עַל גְּאוּלָּתָן
Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: The song in the Torah, i.e., the Song at the Sea (Exodus 15:1–19), Moses and the Jewish people recited it when they ascended from the sea. The Gemara asks: And who said this hallel mentioned in the mishna, Psalms 113–118? The Gemara answers: The Prophets among them established this hallel for the Jewish people, that they should recite it on every appropriate occasion; and for every trouble, may it not come upon them, they recite the supplications included in hallel. When they are redeemed, they recite it over their redemption, as hallel includes expressions of gratitude for the redemption.
Zohar Beshalach 54:A
Anyone who says the song of the Sea every day and has intention-merits to say it in the next world.
Anyone who says the song of the Sea every day and has intention-merits to say it in the next world.
Shmot Rabbah
All the songs refer to the downfall of the wicked.
All the songs refer to the downfall of the wicked.