The Alter Rebbe and The Miracle of Nature

“At every moment, in each thing, a miracle occurs far transcendent of even the splitting of the Red Sea: Existence is renewed out of the void, and a natural order is sustained where there should be chaos.

Indeed, it is not the miracle that is wondrous, but the natural order. Does anyone have a good reason why gravity should behave today the way it behaved yesterday?

Does anyone have a good reason why there should be anything at all?”

– Adapted from the teachings of the Alter Rebbe (1745-1812) in Tanya Shaar HaYichud Vehaemunah Ch. 2

My commentary on this is that we believe that Hashem is constantly creating involved in creating the world. Therefor, even nature is a miracle to Hashem’s creation. This is also the significance of lighting the menorah of Chanukkah on the first night. We knew it was going to last for just one night, but we acknowledged that is also a miracle.