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Title: | I am sorry, on behalf of all Sephadim | |||
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| Name: | Dave from Canada | | |||
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| City: | Toronto | State: | CANADA | | |
| As a Sephardi, I am sorry on behalf of all Sephardim for this statement by the Rav. The Nazis killed the Jews because the Nazis exercised their God-given right to choose between good and evil, and sadly they chose evil. Having said this, I still absolutely believe in God. God was there in the Holocaust, and is still here and will never leave. I am not alone in this belief. Victor Frankl, a holocaust survivor, never gave up his belief in Hashem. It`s discussed in his book "Man`s search for meaning". I am sorry that Rav Eliahu has chosen not to talk in the kind, gentle welcoming way that our Sephardic rabbonim used to speak. Even though I am not Orthodox, I belive that the mitzvot do have great value. However, Rav Eliahu is just pushing people away from traditional Judaism by his recent statement. What he should have said was "The Holocaust was a great tragedy. However we re-affirm our faith in Hashem. The Nazis killed the Jews because the Nazis were extremely bad people who |
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