Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky
B’nei Israel Congregation, Costa Rica
The Torah is full of miracles: God Himself spoke with the patriarchs and with Moses; manna fell from Heaven every day in the wilderness; the Red Sea opened up so that the people of Israel could escape from Egypt; the Egyptians were punished with ten plagues, witnessed by everyone present, etc. Of course, this list could be much longer.
Children often ask why there were so many miracles in the past, while no miracle occurs today. When I am asked that question, sometimes I answer that maybe we are not paying enough attention to what happens around us, or that actually, life grants us the miracle of life each day. Other times, I also say that in ancient times, people used to call “miracle” things that we currently explain differently.





