By Natural Means

Although the Alter Rebbe was known for his piety and greatness in Torah, he also gained a reputation as a miracle worker.

After his imprisonment and release by Czarist authorities in 1798, he was asked by leading rabbis why he had to cause the Jewish people and himself so much pain, when he could have performed a miracle to bring about his freedom. The Alter Rebbe that he preferred to do things by natural means for a reason.