[Avodah] Sobering Thoughts as Israel's Independence Day Approaches

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:43:51PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> : Daniel Bukingolts wrote:
> :>               why all the seemingly huge miracles to create and keep 
> :>its existence? How do you explain 48 war? 67? Do you just write it off 
> :>by saying... in the path a person wants to go Hashem guides him? (or 
> :>whatever the phrase is...)
> 
> : In both cases any other result would have caused a massacre r"l worse
> : than Tach Vetat, and a massive chilul Hashem ("lama yomru vagoyim ayeh
> : elokeihem").  HKBH had "no choice" keveyachol but to give the Jews a
> : victory....
> 
> As opposed to what HQBH allowed to happen just 3 years prior to haqamas
> hamedinah?

All the more reason why He couldn't allow it to happen again.  We can't
explain why He allowed what happened in the first half of the 1940s; but
the fact that He did makes it even more obvious why He prevented it from
happening again in '48.  In general, why Hashem prevented a massacre
doesn't need explaining; it's why He *allowed* one that needs explaining,
and that is so difficult to explain.

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