All ordinary events are acts of Hashem and all are extraordinary
Rashi says that the messengers he sent were actually angels. Rav Moshe Feinstein (in Darash Moshe) asks, why would Yaakov perform a miracle here? Miracles aren’t performed without purpose. Furthermore, Yaakov was worried that he’d used up all his merits due to the miracles already performed for him. If so, why use even more merits by sending angels? (Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, Shiurim on Chumash)
Eight o’clock in the morning does not usually find me dressed in a sheitel and in shul. But when it’s the bris of a close friend, exceptions are happily made. Especially when said close friend had been on bed rest for most of this pregnancy with serious complications that threatened both her life and that of her unborn baby. The last two months had been spent in the hospital, and the fact that she’d just delivered a normal healthy baby at term was cause for celebration.
“It’s a miracle.” I heard the whispers of awe as the cluster of women gathered around this precious new baby. Dina looked pale, but her eyes shone with emotion and her smile stretched across her wan face. “Incredible, isn’t it?” She stroked a finger gently on the soft velvety down of the baby’s cheek.
There wasn’t a dry eye on the women’s side as we heard the words, “V’ykareh shmo b’Yisrael: Nissim Chaim.”
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