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The victory over Amalek after the Yam Suf, was this "above nature"?
Rashi explains that there was actually quite a big miracle that took place at this war;
עד בא השמש. שֶׁהָיוּ עֲמָלֵקִים מְחַשְּׁבִין אֶת הַשָּׁעוֹת בָּאִיצְטְרוּלוֹגִיאָה, בְּאֵיזוֹ שָׁעָה הֵם ...
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The victory over Amalek after the Yam Suf, was this "above nature"?
The Gemara in Rosh Hashanah (29a) elaborates the posuk in which it says that when Moshe's hands were lifted up, they prevailed, when they were down, they "failed":
Did the hands of Moses ...
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When did we REALLY accept the Torah?
The Ramban on that Gemara explains that as long as they were in Eretz Yisroel they had to keep the Torah because Hashem gave them the land, even if the acceptance was coerced. However, once they were ...
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