Reb Bunim of Pesischa once asked: “Why do we not recite the blessings of She’asa nisssim l’avoteinu thanking God for miracles for our ancestors on Passover the way we do on Hanukkah?
His answer was that Hanukkah resulted from military victories led by armies and the Jews were saved on Purim because Esther endangered her own life. Lest the salvation be attributed solely to human endeavor and sacrifice, we need to remember that ultimately God’s intervention led to the defeat of the Greeks and Haman. It was entirely the work of God the story as it unfolds in the Passover Haggadah does not refer to any human being.
Look at our past and see the hand of God.
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