Reply To: The open miracles of the Iranian bombardment and the war in Gaza

YWN CR is littered with threads about Zionism. Leave the Zionism bashing there. This thread is focused on the miracles that have taken place, as recognized by such gedolim as Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, the Brisker Rav zt”l, Rav Chaim Shmulevitz zt”l, and other. And on the modern miracles when compared to other baselines. The Brisker Rav zt”l hated Zionists but he knew a miracle when he saw one.

Smerel raises a very good point. I have quoted previously the exact part of the Vayoel Moshe where he clearly says that the whole kiyum is Israel is a maaseh satan, not just “teva”. We all know Satmar Yidden. Ask them what is meant by Maaseh Satan, so you can get the actual Satmar mesorah of what the Satmar Rebbe zt”l really held. You can thus confirm that Rav Lorincz did not distort the street view of Maaseh Satan when he asked the Brisker Rav zt”l about it. I’ll quote this again from the Satmar Rebbe zt”l since people somehow seem to keep missing this:

והנשארים מבני ישראל שהשאיר הקב”ה בעבור שבועתו שלא יכלה זרעו, נענשו גם כן בעונש קשה ומר, במה שצליח מעשה שטן להשיג מלכות המינות לנסות את ישראל בניסיון עצום כזה … וזה ברור כי אותו הרעיון המתועב הוא המעכב גאולתינו ופדות נפשינו.

Like chazal say,אם תלכו עמי קרי means saying everything is mikreh and teva, even when it’s clear that it isn’t. When Hashem lets the hastara slip and shows us His hashgacha, it’s worth it to recognize it. As the Brisker Rav zt”l made clear, one can be vehemently against Zionism and still see nissim and hashgacha with Eretz Yisroel.
Gradde, I have previously quoted the amazing nissim that occurred to the Mir in 1967. Rav Shmulevitz zt”l used to have a seudas hodaah after that to thank Hashem for the nissim- and the kanoim would be outside his door protesting!