About miracles
Hello,
I would like to ask the Rabbi about miracles described in the Torah. There are descriptions that are difficult for a person who has never encountered them to accept. For example: a staff that turns into a snake. Water that turns into blood. A donkey that speaks like a human. A snake that opens a dialogue with a woman [although there are those who claim that this is a parable]. I asked A. In the Rabbi's opinion, did these descriptions exist in reality and if you believe that it is just a parable and the like, do you really believe in it…?
B. Do the laws of nature known to us, which contradict the possibility of such cases as: living cells being created from inanimate matter? If this did happen, what does it mean that God can change nature at any time and is not limited by His laws? If so, do you think this can explain the possibility of believing in the resurrection of the dead?
In my opinion, the whole thing about miracles in the Torah and the Prophet [where it also doesn't shame science fiction movies such as: fire from heaven. Carts that bloom in the air. Bowls of oil that create themselves. etc..] and in the time of the Tannaite sages and the Talmud, is very confusing. I would be happy if the Rabbi would put some order to the matter.
Thanks in advance.
A simple person
לגלות עוד מהאתר הרב מיכאל אברהם
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
on. It is clear that God, who created the laws of nature, is not limited by them and can deviate from them. The mouth that forbade is the mouth that permitted. In practice, it seems that at least in our time, he does not do this. Regarding the resurrection of the dead, this belief is certainly possible (He who created the world and us can live after death). Therefore, there is no question of feasibility. Will it actually happen? I do not know.
During the time of the Tannaim and the Amoraim, I assume there were no miracles. There, we are talking about legends and parables, not factual descriptions. And so it is in the introduction to the Mishnah that the Rambam divides between three sects in relation to legends: the fools who see everything as it is. The wicked who interpret everything as it is and claim that it is impossible and therefore disdain them. And the wise who understand that there are parables in them and that the things are not necessarily true. As is known, the Rambam also interprets events in the Bible as parables or dreams (for example, the angels appearing to Abraham).
לגלות עוד מהאתר הרב מיכאל אברהם
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
השאר תגובה
Please login or Register to submit your answer