המן הסלע הזה נוציא לכם מים…(חקת כ:י)

Shall we bring forth water for you from this rock…

Reb Yaakov of Lisa zt’’l sat with a group of notable people from his town, amongst them a wealthy yet stingy person. The notable people requested that the wealthy person place wine on the table to drink a ‘l’chaim.’ However, the wealthy person refused. Reb Yaakov told the wealthy person, “If you bring wine to the table, a miracle will happen – even a bigger miracle than Moshe presented!”

Out of curiosity, the rich man handed a nice sum of money to purchase an expensive bottle of wine. Reb Yaakov of Lisa exclaimed: “This action alone is a great miracle! Moshe Rabbeinu extracted water from a stone for drinking, and I extracted from a stone wine to drink!”

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