And the whole universe is the same thing. Salt, let’s say. Just like steam and ice are so different, you have to know salt is different from the original materials. Salt is sodium chloride; it’s a combination of sodium and chloride. Now sodium is a burning chemical. If you take some sodium, it would burn a hole straight through your stomach down to your shoes. And chloride is a poison gas. So it’s a poison and another poison. But when you put them together it becomes table salt, a nutrient, one of the necessities of life.
How does that miracle take place? Because Hashem said so, that's all. ה-∆י¿ה∆‡ ר∆ׁ ֲ̆‡ ה-∆י¿ה∆‡. Nobody can explain how poisons become nutrients. ה-∆י¿ה∆‡ ה-∆י¿ה∆‡ ר∆ׁ ֲ̆‡ – I shall be whatever I shall be. I’m the One Who said that chlorine should be a poison gas and I'm the One Who said that sodium is a chemical that burns through all your tissues if you swallow it chalilah. And I'm the One Who said that when they combine they become such a potent force in life. Every cell in the body has some salt in it. It's necessary for life to function. It’s ה-∆י¿ה∆‡ ר∆ׁ ֲ̆‡ ה-∆י¿ה∆‡; everything is only because Hashem wants it to be that way.
