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Laura Ben-Shmuel's avatar

Amen v'amen!

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David Fass's avatar

"I think that some people overlook the fact that the amazing miracles of the last two weeks were the result of twenty years of very hard work by a lot of people."

So then... not miracles?

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Gili Houpt's avatar

אם ה' לא ישמור עיר שווא שקד שומר

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Moshe Averick's avatar

ראה דברים פרק ח פסוקים יז-יח ורמב"ן שם

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Jew Well's avatar

Maybe you need to reconsider your definition for "miracle".

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David Fass's avatar

Maybe, but I do not recall ever seeing "miracle" defined as "very hard work by a lot of people." I would tend to call that an "achievement" or "accomplishment".

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Mark Rosenberg's avatar

Its a miracle in the sense that all the hard work paid off and worked exactly according to plan.

In other words, because life is so unpredictable and so many things can and do go wrong (as in Oct 7th), when everything goes right (as in Lebanon), its a miracle.

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Eli Shine's avatar

Beautiful quote!

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Yedidyah Langsam's avatar

כתיבה וחתימה טובה לנו ולכל עם ישראל

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Charles's avatar

You did well this time Rabbi thanks . Look, you are a little bit famous because of the zoo. I’ll bet you could get in op Ed if not in the Times than a local paper like the Sacramento Bee if the San Francisco Chronicle or a sub stack like Smerconsish . Few have your way with words . At a minimum you could post comments to articles in the Times. Those are read by thousands

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