If you want a logical earth-bound explanation remember that Iran was in a quandry. It had lost face since a senior general had been assassinated by Israel and to regain it, it had to attack Israel and claim a victory.
However if the attack was massive and did serious damage Israel would massivley retaliate against Iran and take the very tempting opportunity to erradicate Hezbolah too and Hamas which together are an ongoing existential threat to Israel.
A successful attack on Iran could well result in the regime being overthrown given the unrest and dire position of its citizens.
Remember that in the Middle East and many developing countries avoiding losing face is a critical priority in maintaining one's position.
So Iran needs an attack which does not do any damage and which it can proclaim as a victory and Israel wants a situation of a zero damage or near zero damage Iranian attack- the actual result.
This is not to negate the role of the Almighty which created this situation and the result - which probably none of us expected and which we should all be thankful for.
( Unfortunately if Hamas survives then Hamas and Hizbollah can try another October 7 in a few years. which is a possible result of Biden refusing to let Israel complete the Hamas demolition)
I managed to fall asleep by 1am only to have my son wake me up at 1:45 because of the "fireballs in the sky".
I got up and looked right outside my bedroom window and there we saw before us a scene from Star Wars. It looked like a battle going on in space. The video that I recorded from Beit Shemesh was identical to what someone recorded from Har Habayit, Har Hebron, Modiin, etc. We saw the explosions but barely heard the booms if at all.
Our whole neighborhood was awake and watching this astonishing and shocking sight happening right over our heads.
Just have to bring this up. Does this miricle mean that hashem really isn't angry at isreal for taking funding away from yeshivos? Because we all know what the chareidim would have said had there been major casulties....
So, in order to justify something, either sancheirev wasn't a miracle, or last night's story was.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Sancheirev was defeated with a miracle, without Chizkiyah lifting a finger to help himself. As the Gemara explains. And Klal Yisroel were suddenly richer from all that Sancheirev's army left behind.
Last night, the State of Israel was attacked, including the Yidden living there. And it cost them upward of a billion dollars to defend themselves. Iran did not win, but Israel also suffered. And no Divine expression of love, through the suspension of some of the laws of nature, took place.
We thank Him for saving us, but pray for more, much much more.
This isn't Sancheirev by any stretch of imagination.
I have non religious friends who use the “miracle” or “signs” logic too, in their lives. I always thought it was dumb (and very unJewish.) I have friends who are born again Xtians. They use it too. Reading signs, interpreting and making connections. I know people will ALWAYS do this. I can’t make it stop. I wish it would stop. It will never stop.
This is a perfect article, from Iran's perspective. Iranian intelligence is reading these articles and report back about the abject fear of Israeli citizens. They didn't want to actually kill anyone - they told everyone what they were about to do and expected Israel and the US to shoot down the missiles. But they wanted Israeli citizens to panic. And they sure did panic.
If you want a logical earth-bound explanation remember that Iran was in a quandry. It had lost face since a senior general had been assassinated by Israel and to regain it, it had to attack Israel and claim a victory.
However if the attack was massive and did serious damage Israel would massivley retaliate against Iran and take the very tempting opportunity to erradicate Hezbolah too and Hamas which together are an ongoing existential threat to Israel.
A successful attack on Iran could well result in the regime being overthrown given the unrest and dire position of its citizens.
Remember that in the Middle East and many developing countries avoiding losing face is a critical priority in maintaining one's position.
So Iran needs an attack which does not do any damage and which it can proclaim as a victory and Israel wants a situation of a zero damage or near zero damage Iranian attack- the actual result.
This is not to negate the role of the Almighty which created this situation and the result - which probably none of us expected and which we should all be thankful for.
( Unfortunately if Hamas survives then Hamas and Hizbollah can try another October 7 in a few years. which is a possible result of Biden refusing to let Israel complete the Hamas demolition)
I managed to fall asleep by 1am only to have my son wake me up at 1:45 because of the "fireballs in the sky".
I got up and looked right outside my bedroom window and there we saw before us a scene from Star Wars. It looked like a battle going on in space. The video that I recorded from Beit Shemesh was identical to what someone recorded from Har Habayit, Har Hebron, Modiin, etc. We saw the explosions but barely heard the booms if at all.
Our whole neighborhood was awake and watching this astonishing and shocking sight happening right over our heads.
Truly a miracle.
הודו לד׳ כי טוב
Just have to bring this up. Does this miricle mean that hashem really isn't angry at isreal for taking funding away from yeshivos? Because we all know what the chareidim would have said had there been major casulties....
This is also similar to the 1991 Iraqi scud missile attacks, baruch Hashem even less casualties.
Beautiful- and as to the very end- wow!
It all reminds of the famous quote by David Ben-Gurion, "In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles."
So in Israel, anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realistic.
Israel’s response to Teheran should be expediting their invasion of Rafah and the utter decimation of Hamas.
Who is the quote from?
So, in order to justify something, either sancheirev wasn't a miracle, or last night's story was.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Sancheirev was defeated with a miracle, without Chizkiyah lifting a finger to help himself. As the Gemara explains. And Klal Yisroel were suddenly richer from all that Sancheirev's army left behind.
Last night, the State of Israel was attacked, including the Yidden living there. And it cost them upward of a billion dollars to defend themselves. Iran did not win, but Israel also suffered. And no Divine expression of love, through the suspension of some of the laws of nature, took place.
We thank Him for saving us, but pray for more, much much more.
This isn't Sancheirev by any stretch of imagination.
Thank you for your inspiring words.
The words in the הגדה:
והיא שעמדה ... אלא שבכל דור ודור, עומדים עלינו לכלותינו ...
spring to mind.
The attack in my view was calibrated to not cause too much damage and so annoy Israel. Evidence is that :
- the attack was clearly signpposted in advance. In military terms one does not warn the enemy of your impending attack
- if Iran was serious it could have sent over many more missiles than the 300 it did send over.
I think they expected a lot more damage than the minor damage caused- but for that we have to thank our Guardian.
I have non religious friends who use the “miracle” or “signs” logic too, in their lives. I always thought it was dumb (and very unJewish.) I have friends who are born again Xtians. They use it too. Reading signs, interpreting and making connections. I know people will ALWAYS do this. I can’t make it stop. I wish it would stop. It will never stop.
This is a perfect article, from Iran's perspective. Iranian intelligence is reading these articles and report back about the abject fear of Israeli citizens. They didn't want to actually kill anyone - they told everyone what they were about to do and expected Israel and the US to shoot down the missiles. But they wanted Israeli citizens to panic. And they sure did panic.
Iran reads these essays and is ecstatic.
Yes, let's be happy but this was one night. We still have so many problems and devastation.