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    31 Oct VAYERA: HOW TO PERFORM MIRACLES

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    The Be’er Mayim
    Chaim (Noach)
    discusses how
    s u p e r n a t u r a l
    miracles happened
    to Avraham, but not
    to Noach. Avraham
    threw the earth,
    and it was
    transformed into
    weapons. He was
    thrown into a
    burning furnace
    and survived, and
    so on. In
    comparison, Noach
    was saved naturally, in the teiva
    B’Derech Hatevah. The difference
    between them lies in the way they
    served Hashem. Avraham served
    Hashem beyond the rules of his
    nature. As Chazal (Bereishis Rabbah
    42:13) teach, “The entire world was
    on one side, and Avraham was on the
    other.” He also went against his nature
    with the ten tests, especially the

    akeidah. He was rewarded Middah
    K’neged Middah, and Hashem
    performed supernatural miracles for
    him. Noach, on the other hand, served
    Hashem according to the rules of
    nature, as it states (66:9), “Noach
    walked with Elokim, nature” (because
    Elokim is gematria Hatevah, nature).
    He served Hashem within the confines
    of nature, so he was saved within the
    rules of nature.
    In the days of the Be’er Mayim
    Chaim, many tzaddikim performed
    miracles. The Be’er Mayim Chaim
    explains that they did these miracles
    because they served Hashem beyond
    nature. He writes, “Even in our
    generation, one sees the miracles that
    happen often by the gedolei yisrael,
    the true tzadikim. Nature bends for
    them. This is because they serve
    Hashem with righteousness and
    truthfulness beyond the rules of
    nature.”
    We add that in our generation, too,
    miracles and wonders will happen to

    those who serve
    Hashem beyond
    their natural
    limits. One
    doesn’t have to
    literally be
    moser nefesh to
    do something
    outstanding for
    Hashem. Even
    small tests, like
    learning Torah
    when one
    doesn’t want to,
    refraining from speaking lashon hara,
    remaining silent in a machlokes,
    overcoming anger, dressing more
    modestly, and so on, are examples of
    mesirus nefesh, and for passing these
    tests, miracles will occur.
    The Gemara (Brachos 20) states:
    Rav Papa asked Abaya, “Why did
    miracles occur for the scholars of the
    past, but they don’t occur for us?
    Abaya replied, “The earlier
    generations were moser nefesh for

    Hashem. We aren’t moser nefesh.”
    In Sanhedrin (106:) the Gemara
    repeats this question: Why did
    miracles happen in the past and not in
    the present? This time, Rava answers,
    “Hakadosh Baruch Hu desires the
    heart.” Meaning, give your heart to
    Hashem by abandoning your
    temptations and desires that go
    against His will. This is mesirus
    nefesh that has the power to change
    the rules of nature.