Hashem Can Do Anything — Even Without a Miracle

Bnei Yisrael complained that they didn’t have meat.
After all that Hashem had done for them—taking them out of Egypt, freeing them from slavery, providing for their every need—it was a shocking display of ingratitude.

They weren’t starving.
They were fed daily with heavenly manna.
But they didn’t like the menu.

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“You Want Meat? You’ll Have Meat.”

So Hashem responded:

“You want meat? You’ll have meat.
Not for one day, not for two, not five or ten or even twenty…
For a full month — until it’s coming out of your noses and becomes utterly repulsive to you.”

Moshe was stunned.
Not because he doubted Hashem’s power—he knew Hashem could do anything.
But he also knew that Hashem doesn’t usually break the laws of nature unless absolutely necessary.
And this seemed… impossible.

He said to Hashem:

“There are 600,000 foot soldiers here — hundreds of thousands of hungry men.
Even if we slaughter all our animals, it wouldn’t be enough.
How will You provide meat for all of us in the desert?”

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Ramban: The Miracle Was Dressed in Nature

The Ramban explains Hashem’s response:

“עַתָּה תִרְאֶה הֲיִקְרְךָ דְּבָרִי”
“Now you will see if My word will happen.”

The word “happen” — hayikrecha — shares a root with keri, meaning chance or happenstance.

Hashem was saying:

“Watch how it looks like it just ‘happened.’
I will perform an open miracle — but I’ll dress it in natural clothing.”

And that’s exactly what He did.

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Bitachon Means Trusting the “How” to Hashem

This teaches us something deep:

We live with limited vision.
We can’t always see how things will work out.
We often can’t even imagine the “how.”

But Hashem is infinite.
And He can do anything—even the impossible—without stepping outside of nature at all.

We’re not supposed to pray for miracles.
But we can and should daven with the belief that Hashem can bring about any result, in any way—and make it look natural.

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This Is Real Bitachon

“Hashem, I don’t know how You’ll do it.
I just know You will.”