{"id":65417,"date":"2022-01-14T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=65417"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:18:27","slug":"off-the-pulpit-complaining-about-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-complaining-about-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Complaining About Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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In our own day we understand the dynamic. When the pandemic first broke out people prayed for a vaccine. Miraculously the vaccines were created and suddenly, the distribution, availability \u2013 indeed the very speed with which they were created \u2013 has for some turned a miracle into a grievance. It seems as if there is no beneficence and no blessing that human beings will not quarrel about.<\/p>\n

Whether it is the end of slavery, the creation of Israel, or the gifts of modern medicine, perhaps we are not programmed to simply be thankful. Every nes<\/i>, miracle, turns into a nisayon<\/i>, trial. But thank God the miracles keep coming, and we may yet learn to turn from grumbling to gratitude.<\/p>\n

Rabbi David Wolpe is the senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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