My Rav said a ‘moiradigeh’ vort in shul last night, b’shem the Gerrer Rebbe.
The Sfas Emes says something incredible about our recitation of the daily “Oz Yashir” that we say by shacharis every morning.
Can we even imagine what chashivus, what kedushah, the preciousness of the Song of the Sea was in Heaven when the Bnei Yisroel first sang that prophetic shira? Now contrast that to OUR recitation of oz yashir each morning (the kavana, the early morning rush, our glances around the shul to see who made it to the minyan and who slept in, the scrutiny of our analysis of the chazzan’s speed, etc) Says the heilige Sfas Emes, that OUR recitation of Oz Yashir is MORE CHOSHUV in HaKodosh Boruch HU’s Eyes than the Yidden’s at the time of Krias Yam Suf!!
Why? How?
Because , says the Gerrer Rebbe, when the yidden sang it, it was merely an expression of their awe and happiness of their ecstacy over their yeshuah. But that was all kodem Mattan Torah! But OUR words are intrinsically more Holy because being achar Mattan Torah, Oz Yashir became part of Torah! And so therefore that tefilla we say every day, inherently, carries more weight and is more dear to Hashem then the originators of the Shiras HaYom!
Haflah VaFelah!