Beshalach (Ex. 13:17-17:16)

Beshalach includes the parting of the Red Sea. Separation is very vital to our religion. The Creation parasha (Bereishit ) involves division of light and dark, day and night, and heavens and the earth. The final parasha of the Torah (V'zot ha-berakh ) sees the separation of the Israelites from the wilderness and into the Promised Land.
An important tenet of our Ten Commandments is the observance of Shabbat. Shabbat is the separation from the six ordinary days. Havdallah brings us back to the work week. Finally, as the Chosen people there is a division. We live in the world but are also separate as we are to be a living example of holiness.