וירא ישראל את היד הגדולה is rferring to the fifty miracles that occurred at the Yam Suf.

1. The Clouds of Glory that God sent to protect Israel.  There were seven clouds, six surrounding the Israelites on four sides, and above and below.  They were thus protected from the weather and from snakes and scorpions on the ground.  The clouds carried them along day and night, like a huge ship.  The seventh cloud went before them, smoothing out all hills and valleys, so that they would be able to travel along a level route.  There was also a pillar of fire to illuminate the night. 

2. God gave Pharaoh and his advisors the idea of pursuing the Israelites, illogical as this seems after the Ten Plagues. 

3. On the seventh night of Passover, the clouds changed position, standing behind the Israelites.  The cloud was half dark and half glowing, leaving the Egyptians in darkness and the Israelites in light. 

4. Although the Egyptians fired many arrows and missiles at the Israelites, all were absorbed by the clouds. 

5. When the Israelites entered the sea and the water reached their nostrils, God immediately split the sea.  The sea was first congealed by the strong east wind and then split in two. 

6. On this seventh day of Passover, all the waters in the world split. 

7. The sea divided into twelve paths, one for each of the twelve tribes.

8. The sea was like a tent, covering the Israelites on all sides.

9. The seabed was perfectly dry as if there had never been any water there. 

10. When the sea dried up, it was not ordinary ground but a beautiful mosaic, like that found in palaces. 

11. When the sea divided into twelve lanes, the walls dividing the tribes remained perfectly transparent so that the tribes were able to see each other. 

12. When children began to cry while crossing the sea, God made the walls of the tunnel produce fruit and sweetness to comfort them. 

13. Although the Red Sea is saltwater and it was congealed at the time, the walls yielded fresh water for the Israelites to drink.  Meanwhile, as a result of the heat, the Egyptians suffered from thirst. 

14. Despite all the terror and confusion, not a single Israelite woman miscarried, even though there were many pregnant women among them.

15. Although there were deep canyons and crevices in the seabed, the Israelites were able to walk on a level path.  Where there were steep depressions, the water remained and merely congealed, allowing the Israelites to walk on the hardened water. 

16. After the Israelites finished drinking from a fountain in the walls surrounding them, the water immediately solidified. 

17. Although there were many aged and infirm among the Israelites, they did not delay the march, and the entire group was able to cross over during the night.

18. When the Torah says, “Flowing waters stood up like a wall” (15:8), it indicates that the water towered up on both sides of the Israelites like huge mountains. 

19. Vegetation grew out of the seabed for the Israelites’ animals to eat.

20. Even though the splitting of the Red Sea was an obvious miracle, the Egyptians pursued the Israelites right into the sea.  This itself was a miracle. 

21. Although the seabed had become as hard as stone for the Israelites, when the Egyptians were crossing, the pillar of cloud transformed it into mire.  Just as the Egyptians had made the Israelites tread in mud all day, now they too were up to their knees in mud. 

22. The pillar of fire made the mud boiling hot, making the horses lose their hooves. 

23. God removed one wheel from each chariot.  When the panicked horses pulled these disabled war chariots, the heavy vehicles swung back and forth, breaking bodies as they went. 

24. Many Egyptians fell from their chariots and were not able to get up again.

25. Although it was virtually impossible for the chariots to move with a single wheel, the chariots were able to ride toward the closing waters. 

26. Even though the seabed had become like mire, when the Egyptians fell on it, it was like stone, breaking their bones.  Similarly, the water falling on them on both sides was as hard as stones. 

27. Stones, hail and fiery coals rained down on the Egyptians from the sky.  When the Egyptians shot arrows and missiles at the Israelites, they boomeranged back upon them. 

28. The sound of the splitting of the Red Sea could be heard all over the world.

29. God sent a wind that did two opposite things.  First it froze the sea, making it solid.  Then it melted the sea so that it could drown the Egyptians.  The same wind was both freezing cold and boiling hot. 

30. Instead of melting slowly, the sea melted suddenly, all at once, engulfing the Egyptians. 

31. Even when Egyptians were able to leave the sea, the water pursued them and drowned them. 

32. Not a single Egyptian survived while at the same time not a single Israelite was harmed. 

33. Instead of retreating to the shore, the Egyptians who had just entered the water continued charging into the flood.  Even when Egyptians did want to retreat, their horses refused to turn.  Although a number of Egyptians did make it to the shore, huge waves pulled them back into the sea. 

34. God agitated the Egyptians in the sea, as it is written, “God tossed the Egyptians in the midst of the sea” (14:27).  The water threw the Egyptians in the air over and over, turning the wagons upside-down over their riders.

35. Even when the horses and chariots were being thrown in the air, they remained together.  The same was true of horses and riders, as it is written, “Horse and rider He threw in the sea” (15:1).  Although horses are good swimmers, they did not escape. 

36. The subterranean ground water joined with the waters of the sea to drown the Egyptians.  The ensuing currents tore their bodies and dislocated their arms and legs. 

37. The Egyptians sank to the bottom like lead (15:10).  Still, the waves were so powerful that they were swooped up again and tossed into the air. 

38. The seabed opened up and swallowed up many of the Egyptians.

39. God raised the land of Egypt so that the survivors who remained at home would be able to see their armies downfall.  The sea cast up huge mountains of water that reached as far as Egypt itself, drowning even many who had remained at home. 

40. Many Israelites were complaining.  “Just as we emerged on this side of the sea, the Egyptians emerged on the other side.”  God then instructed the angel of the sea to spew out the Egyptians where the Israelites would be able to see them.

41. Although the Egyptians were crushed beneath the waters of the Red Sea, they did not die.  Half-alive, they were washed up onto the beach. 

42. When Pharaoh came to attack Israel, he brought along many foreign troops from other lands.  Although they were also swept up by the sea, they did not drown. The sea was selective, only drowning Egyptians. 

43. Although Pharaoh had been at the head of his troops, he was spared.  God did this so that he would be able to tell all the world of God’s greatness. 

44. God spared even the idol worshipers.

45. Not only were the lives of the Israelites spared but they did not lose any of their belongings in the sea.  Moreover, when the sea washed up the Egyptians, it also washed up all the treasures they had taken with them into battle. 

46. Even the Egyptians who had been swallowed by the seabed were washed up on the shore. 

47. There was a great dispute between the angel of the sea and the angel of the land, neither of which wanted to retain the Egyptians.  When the sea washed the Egyptians onto the beach, the land threw them back in the water.  This went on and on so that the Egyptians were thrown back and forth, from sea to land to sea again, like a rubber ball. 

48. God restored Jacob back to life to witness the miracles. 

49. All the Israelites attained the level of prophecy and were thus able to sing the Song of the Red Sea along with Moses, word by word, letter by letter.  Even children and the simplest people attained the spiritual level of individuals who had been prophets for many years. 

50. Even young children joined in this song.  Rabbi Yose taught that nursing infants pushed aside the breast and sang.  Even children still in the womb joined in. 

This brief synopsis has been adapted from the Torah Anthology, Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan