Parshat Vayishlach: The Quinona Miracle - Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

I must confess I tend to be a bit cynical when it comes to miracle stories it's probably the influence of my highly Lithuanian background my grandfather Oliver Sholem couldn't stand sweet good filter fish playlist he would explain apparently he used to put salt on his cornflakes in my mind the impact of a second-hand story of hash caca predict of divine supervision and near miraculous intervention tends to weaken in direct proportions of the number of hands that has been through the following story however his only third hand I heard it from my daughter who heard it from the person whom it happened a well-known Israeli Jewish outreach personality who will call avi was visiting the Negev in the south of Israel on a Thursday he stopped by a friend to have lunch and they had quinone a salad now avid never had to quinone in his life Wynonna is a gluten-free high-protein plant food one of the field that contains all nine essential amino acids it's also high in fiber magnesium B vitamins iron potassium calcium phosphorus vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants but what really attracted ABI to Kannada was his taste he loved it that night back in Tel Aviv he said to his wife let's make Winona the Shabbos that you make the whole thing up we know the Shabbos let's go to town so Friday night arrived and this was normal RB has invited some young boys and girls from the local army base to come for Shabbat with an orthodox family together an authentic Chavez experience now one of the young girls came to the Shabbat baby and her jaw dropped we know that she how he said I'm sorry if you don't like Winona we've got quite a lot of it tonight she said when you invited me for Shabbat I forgot to tell you that I'm on a special diet I only eat Wynonna on the way over here I thought to myself I'm gonna have to sit there and eat nothing so I said God if you really exist make it that there will be some Quinn owner there tonight as far as I know this is a true story but then why shouldn't it be they say that anyone who believes every rebus am I so a miraculous story about a Hasidic Rebbe is gullible and anyone who says they're all rubbish is a heretic in this week's torah portion by ich lock it says Yakov became very frightened and distressed the Midrash says that Yaakov Jacob was distressed that the prospect of confronting ace of Esau frightened him for such fear indicated a lack of trust in God's promises to him if Yaakov if Jacob could find himself lacking when it came to trust in God how much the more can our trust in miracles become a little rusty but let us not forget that we're surrounded by miracles and sometimes God gives us just a little bit more than a glimpse of them [Music] [Applause]