We are now going through the sefer Tomar Devorah , which talks about God's 13 Attributes, as mentioned by Micha. The first is called Mi El Kamocha/Who is a God like You, the point being that God has tremendous tolerance and patience for His creations. Even though they act in a rebellious way against him, God continues to shower His kindness upon them. We will give some examples of what God does, in order for us to learn to emulate Him. In Beresheet (3,21) it says that after Adam and Chava sinned and realized they were naked, God made for them leather garments, וילבישם V’Yalbishem/And He clothed them with them. It doesn't say He made clothing L’lbosh/ for them to wear , like is used in Bereshit 28, 20, where Yaakov Avinu asks for Beged Lilbosh/ clothing to wear , but rather it says clothing that He actually clothed them in. Hashem made them clothing and clothed them. What is this pasuk trying to say? Rabbenu Bachye explains that God wanted to show not just that He created clothing for them after they sinned against Him- Because God should technically say, Hey, you realized you're naked? You made yourself feel naked! Figure it out yourselves- But No, God went and created clothing, and He did not just create the clothing and put it on the rack- VYalbishem . He actually put the clothing on them, so to say. It was also, as Rabbenu Bachye says, להורות על אהבתו וחמלתו על יצוריו To show God's love and compassion for His creations, שאף על פי שחטאו לא זז מחבבן והוא בעצמו השתדל בתיקונם And even though they sinned He did not stop from showing them endearment. And He Himself, tried to fix the problem that they created. God could have had someone else do it. He goes on to say that this too is the way God acted with Adam HaRishon’s future generations, in the desert, as we mentioned last week. Even after they sinned the sin of the golden calf, God continued to bring the Manna down, and did not stop showing His endearment to them. Furthermore, he says that at the splitting of the sea, the Jewish people went into the sea with an idol! There was an idol called Pessel Micha, as it says in Zechariah 10,11, ועבר בים צרה זה פסל מיכה. צרה זו עבודה זרה In the ocean, passed a Tsara, which literally means a co-wife , which means competition for God. The Midrash explains that it refers to Pessel Micha. And yet God split the sea. And to this point, Daniel said (9,7) לך ה' הצדקה ולנו בושת הפנים: You God, have the act of charity, And we are embarrassed. We are embarrassed because God continues to shower His blessings on us, even when we sin. And again, the main point is to emulate God, and see how we can relate that to people that have wronged us, and continue to act benevolently to them.