Health,
Sam – I fail to see where HaKatan said that the holocaust wasn’t the will of Hashem!
I think Sam2 may be getting it from where HaKatan wrote:
By your “logic”, Hashem also wanted the Holocaust and every other tragedy to happen.
That said, I agree with you and am almost positive that HaKatan did not mean that there are things that happen that did not originate from Hashem or were against His will. Rather, Hashem gives humans freedom of choice and responds accordingly based on our actions. Hashem desires that we follow the mitzvos so He can reward us with the greatest and most open relationship with Him, which is the greatest pleasure. If we, cv”s, do not follow the mitzvos, the response we get is certainly Hashem’s will, but ultimately it was not the response that He would have preferred to give to us.
I am very glad to hear that you are doing better.