Ramban writes that the Pasuk (verse) says that right before the sea split, Hashem sent a very powerful wind all night. The Ramban asks, “Why has Hashem sent a very powerful wind? If Hashem is splitting the sea, let us split the sea.” The Ramban answers that Hashem wanted it to look like it might be natural. And so the wind is blowing all night. Then, in the morning, when the sea splits, you’re going to say, “Wow, it’s such a crazy wind that the wind split the sea.” Based on this, the Ramban says this is a rule: very often, Hashem makes things that are miraculous look natural and normal, and seem like they make sense. Because they seem like they make sense, we look at it as a natural occurrence, and we don’t see it as the miracle that it is.
Some commentators say that’s why Hashem split bodies of water all over the world: He split them all over the world for you to say, “Oh, it wasn’t nothing to do with the Jewish people. It wasn’t because of the sea. Something natural happened in the air that made the whole world turn hard. The whole world turned into a split. Every water body turned split. But it wasn’t because of the Jewish people. It wasn’t a miracle for the Jewish people.” Hashem makes things look natural so that we get food. And that’s why it’s at this position, this position where Hashem made something that was incredibly, incredibly miraculous. Hashem made something incredibly miraculous that we as Jews stop and acknowledge: “Hey, you know, we’re not getting fooled by the mirage. We’re not getting fooled by the fact that it’s split all over the world. We’re not getting fooled by the wind. We know this is Hashem.” And that’s why we sing.
What that means is this. I want to tell you something, Mr. Married Person or Mrs. Married Person: you’re married. I’m very happy for you. I hope your marriage is good. Ours might not be so much, but I hope it is. By the way, sometimes married people make comments to single people because they’re jealous of the single people. At least the single people still have options. I’m not joking. It’s a really true thing. But I’m very happy for you. I’m happy. Maybe we came to your wedding. Maybe your wedding was a wonderful event. Maybe you even have a child on the way. Maybe you have two or three children already. I am so happy for you. But let’s understand something very clear: the fact that you’re married is completely a miracle, and it had nothing to do with you. You didn’t get yourself married. It’s not because of how you look. It’s not because of how you talk. It’s not because of what you have. Absolutely not. God came down and decided, “We’re going to get her married today.” God came down and decided, “We’re going to get her married today.”
The difference between you and a married person is not your talent. It’s not your skill. It’s not your aggressiveness. It’s not your pickiness or lack of pickiness. It’s not because of how good you are at relating to people or what kind of talker you are. Bunch of baloney. The reason you’re married is that Hashem decided to make a miracle for you. And me, who is single, Hashem chose not to make me married yet. I don’t know why He made a miracle for you and not a miracle for me. But let’s be very honest: the miracle is a miracle. It has nothing to do with you. It’s not like you made this happen and you’re a genius, and you are so incredible in what you do, and you know how to date, and you know how to talk, and you know how to be matchmakers, and you know how to have the right friends, and you know how to go to the right places, and you have parents who are smart at this. You’re completely fooling yourself. Absolutely completely fooling yourself.