The Miracle of the Exodus
So taught Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk: "At the pronouncement of laws, Holy Scripture always makes mention of the Exodus out of Egypt, and never of the Creation of the World. How is this? Was not the Creation out of a void a greater miracle than the Exodus? Understand, then, that the Creation, properly speaking, was not a miracle. All nature is in God and subject to Him, and whatever sprang into being at His behest, did so in a natural way. But the Exodus was a wonder, for to deal with the Egyptians according to their merits, God had to divest Himself, for the time being, of His Goodness, and let evil prevail."
Source: Hasidic Anthology
