Welcome to Ohel Simha Park Avenue Synagogue
295 Park Ave, Long Branch NJ 07740
Phone: (732) 571-2711
Email:Business@OhelSimha.com

The Rabbi’s Message
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“Then Israel sang” (Bemidbar 21:17)
The Jewish people sang a song of thanksgiving after they were
saved from the Emori’im . Rashi tells us of a fascinating episode.
The enemies of the Jews decided to ambush the Jewish people
while they were crossing between two mountains, by throwing
rocks on them from the two mountaintops. Hashem caused the
mountains to come together miraculously and crush the enemy
before the Jews ever came to that pass. The Jewish nation didn’t
even know of the miracle until afterwards when they saw the dead
floating in the waters, and there they began to sing to Hashem.
We see from here that very often we are not even aware of the
miracles Hashem does for us, as it says, “uxhbc rhfn xbv kgc iht.”
We sometimes complain when we miss a traffic light or miss the
bus, not realizing that we may have just been the recipient of a
great favor. Whenever we see the Hand of Hashem revealed to us,
this should give us faith and encouragement for all other
occurrences when the miracle is not readily apparent. Miracles are
all around us, we just have to see them - “there is no one more
blind than those who refuse to see!” Shabbat Shalom.
Rabbi Shmuel Choueka