“Pinchas son of Elazar the Koehein turned back My wrath… and I did not destroy Bnei Yisrael” (Bamidbar 25:11).
The Midrash discusses Pinchas’s deed: He saw an incident and he recalled the halachah so he took action. Twelve miracles were performed for him to help him succeed.
Often although our generation is so immodest we despair: “What can we do? After all we’re not Pinchas!”
However this is a misconception. The Torah emphasizes “And he rose from amidst the congregation” to indicate that Pinchas was “just” one of the masses a plain person who ended up saving Bnei Yisrael (Zichron Meir Rav Meir Robman).
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