[Avodah] What Level Miracle?

[Richard Wolberg]

There is a reason why the Maharal's introduction to Gevuros Hashem takes the
Ralbag to task with how tightly he embraces philosophy. In that case, it was
his rejection of the notion that nissim could defy teva.

 

It is my understanding that teva, though not perceived by many as such, IS a
miracle. However, it is a "natural" miracle (pun intended).

The type of miracle referred to above is a SUPERnatural miracle, and I
cannot see how he could reject the notion that nissim could defy teva.
That's the whole point of a supernatural miracle - it DOES defy teva. That's
what makes it supernatural. 

As a side, it's a miracle that we can communicate with each other via this
modality, irrespective of where we live. We don't see it as a miracle
because it is a natural miracle. But when you are told that a loved one has
a few hours to live and the person defies all medical science and pulls out
of death's door, that is a supernatural miracle that definitely defies teva.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20071102/61b2d045/attachment-0001.htm>