Miracles are child’s play

13.10.2012                      27.Tischrei. 5773                      Bereschit, Schabbat Mewarchim

Judentum:

Miracles are child’s play

One of the great hassidic masters and a renowned storyteller, did not place much stock in miracle workers.

Many a tale records wondrous deeds by the hassidic masters, stories of their miracles and supernatural capabilities. Not all hassidic tales, however, laud miracles. Indeed, Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850), one of the great hassidic masters and a renowned storyteller, did not place much stock in miracle workers or tales of magical capabilities….