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Miraculous Failure


Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

An open miracle is somewhat of a disappointment for G‑d.

Once all is said and done, He got His way only by ignoring the norms of our lower world, by breaking His own rules. If He can perform miracles only by bullying Nature, He may as well concede that our world is a place the Infinite Light does not belong.

So He also makes another sort of miracle—the sort that blend seamlessly into the order of things below. These are impossible miracles: they break no rules, but change everything. In truth, they are the most awesome of miracles—these that reveal the Infinite unrestrained within the nature of everyday things.
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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Thank you!
Beautifully described! Thank you for sharing, Sir!
Posted By Syed

Posted: Jan 26, 2009
Re; Steve Parker, Marietta, GA
wow, that was truly incredible, well written, well thought out, and spoken with a great deal of eloquence, but in simpleton terms, he (loosely) is atop everything, it is a lonely place where he sits, he is awareness amongst much, he is a spirit who creates his own companionship with words and give those he creates ‘free will’ nothing he creates is slave to him, sophia, zoey, and so many more that he created to keep him from ‘loneliness’ but is that enough?
so why are we so important that he seeks (us) as individuals to find our way to him? We are the created (and made) we have a purpose it is to bring him joy and delight by behaving with a pleasing nature, though many of us thru-time have deeply grieved him with our chosen stubborn ways that we push upon others as if we are Right, we are insignificant when we look at each other, but we are very important when he looks at us, our end here is a beginning for those who have pleasing natures and do for others as he does for us,
Posted By henk

Posted: Jan 26, 2009
At a Kabala class at my shul yesterday morning, I came up with my own version of a spiritual "Big Bang" theory. It goes something like this: G-d coexisted with truth and, though one, "each" required the other to create the universe. It is this melding (One can be two since the One is infinite and all in infinitely possible) that is the source of life, or at least life as it is revealed to us. So we live this life on this sphere in space and we imagine the unimaginable, which is G-d, who Himself is beyond that which is unimaginable. Much the same with truth: the father of truth is the "essence" of truth, whose father is beyond "essential" and so on, until it reaches the absolute source of all that is true. Within this complexity, at the very point beyond the absolute essence of truth, G-d is found. Liberating stuff indeed.
Posted By Steve Parker, Marietta, GA

Posted: Jan 25, 2009
miracles are a comfort to those who experience them, they are less of a miracle and more of a hug given by the one who heard and answered,
Posted By h

Posted: Jan 25, 2009
But are not the "norms" of this lower world to be avoided? even shunned? I could use an open miracle right now and it would be even more pleasing if it shook the "norms" right to the core ! Sorry to be so vocal but there are times that Orthodox philosophy is a little Vulcan like.....:)
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Jan 25, 2009
Miraculous Failure by Tzvi Freeman
Very enlighting comment.
My mom is in a coma after a car accident.
I am praying every day for a miracle, This comment gave me strength and hope.

Thank you.
Posted By Shira Tverski



 


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