In Rabbi Avigdor Miller’s book The Beginning he makes the profound statement that Sarah’s tent was the “first and greatest Beit HaMikdash”.
Sarah Emanu merited three miracles; the Shabbat lights lasted the week, the dough in her tent remained fresh and a cloud of holiness hovered above her tent. These three miracles were repeated later during the time of the Beit HaMikdash.
The miracles were a physical manifestation of something far greater and much deeper, her emunah.
Sarah believed that G-d exists and lovingly guides the world for the best. Sarah lived above nature.
Living above nature is a life that is beyond logic and rational. It crosses the boundaries of nature and physics, but at the same time, not at all foreign to us. (I call this the World of Possibilities.)
G-d is above nature. Creation is above nature. Prayer is above nature. The Torah is above nature.
Our exodus from Egypt is above nature. The 40 years in the desert is above nature. The mishkan and two Temples are above nature. Our very existence and return to our beloved Holy Land is also above nature.
Shabbat is above nature. Charity and tithes are above nature. Giving the benefit of the doubt is above nature. Spending more than one can afford for one’s wife for the holidays is above nature.
And, of course, the geula is also above nature.
Some people live above nature today. Their knowledge of ein od milvado and emunah is so great that the laws of physics and nature do not apply — to them there is only G-d.
For example, when the Baba Sali poured endless amounts of Arak it was because, in his world, there is only G-d. Period. There were no calculations of how much Arak was left in the bottle.
If G-d can make vinegar burn instead of oil for Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa (Taannit 25a) then He can surely make Arak flow endlessly for the Baba Sali.
This state of existence and closeness to G-d is true life and is available to those who desire it — including you and I. (G-d gives emunah to those who ask for it.)
The geula shelayma is when all of am Yisrael live above nature with complete emunah, may it come soon and painlessly.
Shabbat Shalom!
Yitzhak Sasson 