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Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev pointed out that we say the blessing
"Blessed are You...who made miracles..." only on the festivals of Chanukah and
Purim; on Passover this blessing is not recited. He explained that one reason
for this difference is that there are two kinds of miracles. There are miracles
that transcend the laws of nature, such as the Ten Plagues and the Splitting of
the Reed Sea, and there are also miracles that occur within nature.  | | " ...an amazing miracle...occurred within the matrix of natural phenomena...." | | |
For example, on Chanukah, when Judith, the High Priest's daughter, enticed
the enemy general, Holofernes, and served him dairy dishes. He got very thirsty,
she gave him lots of wine, he slept, and she beheaded him, destroying the morale
of his troops and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. This was an amazing
miracle, yet it was made up of events that all occurred within the matrix of
natural phenomena.
This, then, is why on Chanukah we say the blessing "Who made miracles for our
ancestors in those days in this time" - for then the miracle happened within
natural time. On Pesach, though, the miracles were made directly by G-d, outside
of space-time, and for that reason we don't make this blessing, for the miracle
was above nature.
This also serves explains why the "natural" miracles of Chanukah and Purim
had to take place through women. The relationship of our physical world to G-d
is that of " receiver-giver" (mekabel-mashpia), which is also a paradigm
for the feminine-masculine polar forces. Since the Chanukah and Purim miracles
occurred within nature, and the world stands as "receiver" in relation to G-d,
they came about through women, who also symbolize the aspect of "receiver"/mekabel.
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