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the Jewish people are no strangers to
Miracles our history is full of crazy
Miracles think of Abraham being thrown
into a furnace and surviving how about
Danielle in the Lion's Den the 10
plagues in Egypt each one crazier than
the next Breaking All the Rules of
Nature water turning into blood hail
made out of fire and ice mixed together
neither being destroyed the splitting of
the sea the 40 years of millions of
people marching around in the desert
miraculous food provided daily from
Heaven water from a crazy Supernatural
spring that followed them around and
later yua entering the land of Israel
there was so many miracles and none gets
its own Festival as the old Yiddish
expression
goes we make such a big deal out of such
a little oil it's true the oil on burned
for longer than we would have expected
but a whole festival for that eight
whole days I don't remember there being
in Abraham saved from the fiery furnace
day or a Mana from Heaven day clearly
the Miracles which are picked to be
celebrated must have been picked for
some particular reason think about
another example of a miracle that gets
turned into a huge Festival the Clouds
Of Glory in the desert the Festival of
sukot celebrates those clouds now it's
true that as well as miraculous food and
water in a Wilderness it was definitely
a tremendous plus to have a supernatural
type of Iron Dome which doubled as an
automated laundry service a GPS and a
climate control but why is this miracle
singled out for a whole festival perhaps
the answer lies not in the nature of the
miracle itself but in the state of the
Jewish people at the time that it was
performed for them the vagon explains
that sukat is not a celebration of these
clouds per se but rather of the return
of these clouds after the sin of the
golden cough and that in spite of their
Cosmic mistake Hashem renewed his
miracle for the Jewish people and why
because we his children and when a child
messes up even badly a loving father is
quick to forgive that's worthy of making
a big deal out of and when we describe
the events of kanah we also say in the
alhim
prayer your children came back after the
military Victory not your people not the
Jews but specifically your children B
because it was for them for your
children that you were prepared to do
this miracle and when you look into the
candles tonight remember Hashem remains
Our Father no matter what no matter what
the state of the Jewish people is no
matter what we deserve or don't deserve
the relationship the love shown in this
miracle at that time even in the darkest
of times and so yes aysal Bal a little
bit of oil is worth making a big deal
out of
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