[Avodah] shoa

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 06:27:44AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> A recent article made the case that the shoa was sui generis in Jewish
> history. Would you agree or disagree? (more of interest to me -- why?)

I would agree. But for non-rational reasons.

I can see only two options:

Either the Shoa was Chevlei Mashiach, and thus unique in being part of
the preparation to the very last and total ge'ulah. Thus the sheer size
of the tragedy is a function of that unique nature.

Or, chas vechalila, it wasn't Chevlei Mashiach. And I am incapable
emotionally of handling the idea that something yet worse lies ahead.


Not "only" numerically, but theologically also, it left us bereft in a
way no other tragedy did before. Not only was it during the first time
this galus that we faced catastrophe when most Jews weren't maaminim
veshomerei Torah uMitzvos, in other galiyos He sent us nevi'im who could
help us use the experience to come back.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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