[Avodah] Letter of RSRH

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 04:55:29PM -0400, Richard Wolpoe wrote:
: This si not a matter of WHY but of historical facts.  During the Nazi era
: allJewish communities co-operated [it could be construed as hor'as hsa'ah
: but read on before jumping to any conclusions]

: If you beleive that God works through history this WHAT trumps your Why.
: Maybe HKBH was NOT pleased with Austritt and gave a draconian reason why.

We all believe Hashem works through history. That's hashgachah minis.

The question is whether we can draw conclusions from it. Since no "Why?"
provided for the Holocaust should ever satisfy, I have no idea what
we're supposed to draw conclusions from; never mind what conclusions to
draw.

The meaningful question, how to respond, can only be answered by those
called upon to respond. Which excludes RSRH.

...
: It is also interesting how ideology trumps reality [emess?] we really think
: that since ideology was X so the facts on the ground MUST have matched. Kind
: of like Assuming that Yaa'kov Avinu MUST have worn a Yarmulka or Shtreiml
: [take your pick]

And not only in this thread, WRT what RSRH would definitely have
concluded, but also in the thread about who went swimming where. (And
that's even with the caveat that because of differences in bathing attire,
there are no lemaaseh implications to be drawn to today.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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