In the Rav Shlomo Carlebach Haggadah it cites an idea in the name of the Izhbitzer that the reason the yam suf split for Klal Yisrael was able to change from being slaves to Pharaoh to the the heights of spirituality within a week, the sea was able to change its nature as well. This is the meaning of the things Chazal compare to krias yam suf. It order to accomplish a marriage or mezonos or go to the bathroom sometimes one is required to change their lifestyle to mesh with the new reality. This is the lesson of krias yam suf. This is a nice idea that encapsulates the essence of yitzias mitzraim. Yitzias mitzraim is to go out from our מיצרים, out from all the forms and limitations that are imposed upon our selves and to be able to be unbridled from specific forms.
Man is created in the image of G-d. Rabbi Jonathon Sacks points out that G-d does not have an image. In other words, man's life is not dictated. We are not molded into a specific form but are given free choice to determine our lives. It is when one sees himself as a fixed form that one loses his freedom. Freedom is the ability to choose a new path.
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