[Avodah] Volcanos and Miracles

[Yitzchok Levine]

Recently the Hamodia Magazine published a story with the title "When 
a Volcano Did Hashem's Will."  This story, in essentially the same 
form, was sent to me by several people and appeared in a number of 
publications. (Please see http://tinyurl.com/23ota8k for one version. 
The Hamodia version does not seem to be on the Internet.)

Personally, I am a bit "disturbed: by the many "miracle" stories that 
are circulated today.  First of all, I am never certain that they are 
true. Secondly, I wonder why people are so taken with them.  I have 
the feeling that today there is a trend to turn Yahadus into a 
religion of hocus pocus.

These and some other thoughts prompted me to write a letter to the 
Editor of the Hamodia Magazine. The Hamodia published this letter in 
this week's issue of the magazine. It is at

"<http://personal.stevens.edu/%7Ellevine/volcanoes_miracles.pdf>More 
on Volcanos and Miracles" Letter to the Editor of the Hamodia 
Magazine June 16, 2010, page 5.

Yitzchok Levine 
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