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🎶 Customs of Shabbos Shirah
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🧍♂️ A. Standing for Shirah
The custom is to stand during the Torah reading of Shirat HaYam.
📜 B. Zecher / Zeicher Amalek
Both pronunciations are read:
• 📌 Beshalach & Purim: First Zecher, then Zeicher
• 📌 Chabad custom: Repeat only the word, not the entire verse
🌾 C. Eating Buckwheat / Kashe
A cherished minhag to eat buckwheat (kasha) on Shabbos Shirah.
🐦 D. Feeding Animals
General halacha:
• ✔️ Allowed only for animals dependent on you for food
• ❌ Not permitted for birds, bees, pigeons, or wild animals
• ❌ One may not place food before them on Shabbos
Regarding giving wheat to birds on Shabbos Shirah:
• 🕊️ Though a well‑known old custom, Chabad does not do so on Shabbos
• 🍽️ To honor the custom, food may be placed before Shabbos
• ❤️ Teach children the importance of compassion toward animals
Pshat on The Parsha
Parshas Beshalach-Summary of Parsha
1) Bnei Yisrael journey after leaving Egypt:
2) Pharaoh chases after Bnei Yisrael: 3) Bnei Yisrael realize they are under attack by the Egyptian army:
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