Some of the Miracles We Are Seeing Now
by Rabbi Yoseph Janowski
The tragedies were huge.
I remember the Rebbe once said that emunah (belief) is for the past, and bitochon (trust) is for the future. So for the past, we believe that G-d did everything for our ultimate benefit, even if we don’t yet understand how. But for the future, we trust that it will be good in a revealed way (not just in a way that G-d sees the good, but in a way that we see the good).
I remember when the Rebbe quoted Sefer Daniel, that in the time of Moshiach, the hidden will become revealed. He also explained that Golah (exile) and Geulah (redemption) have the same letters, but Geulah has an additional letter, an Aleph, which stands for ‘Aluphoi shel oilam’ — the Master of the world. Meaning, that in the time of Redemption, everyone will be aware of G-d’s presence in the world.
We are seeing many miracles now.
According to reports, the terrorists were ready to go to Yerushalayim, and there was no army in between to stop them. Yet miraculously they didn’t.
If you ask any Israeli or any Jew now, I think they’ll all agree that we can’t rely on the army, as sophisticated as it is. We all see now, that everything is in G-d’s hands.
Israel now seems determined to act strongly and eradicate Hamas. It’s become obvious that the Rebbe was right, when he warned about the danger of giving away land.
Israelis are now tremendously united, and (for now, and hopefully in the future) discord has melted away.
Another miracle, is U.S. support for Israel, morally, (probably financially), and militarily, as U.S. aircraft carriers threaten to hit Hezbollah (and maybe Iran) if they attack.
Before he came to Israel, Biden said that Israel should not stay in Gaza, and that Israel should create a Palestinian state. He had planned to go to Jordan to meet Arab leaders. However, the Gaza hospital explosion happened, and Arab leaders blamed Israel (even though Israel showed evidence that the explosion was caused by a misfired rocket from Gaza) and cancelled the meeting. This took away a platform for applying pressure on Israel. Instead, Biden was tremendously supportive of Israel’s right to self-defence.
These are just some of the miracles we are seeing now. May we soon see the ultimate miracle, the Geulah sheleima — the complete Redemption with Moshiach.
