A group of avreichim from Mexico visited the home of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch on Tuesday to receive a bracha.
In the middle of the conversation, HaRav Shternbuch brought up the murderous Ramot terror attack that occurred on Monday morning, stressing that the human intellect is not capable of understanding it.
“It’s impossible to understand it at all,” Rav Shternbuch said. “Why did they deserve it? They didn’t sin—they were on the way to learn Torah and were cruelly murdered.”
“But we don’t judge Hakadosh Baruch Hu. We’re human beings, and we only know that משפט לאלוקים הוא. Only Hakadosh Baruch knows the ways of mishpat. Human beings don’t understand and are not even capable of understanding it.”
“The question is a very big question, and there’s only one answer—emunah. Emunah that Hashem is One and His name is One and only He is in the world.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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3 Responses
Hagaon Harav Sternbuch shlitah’s words resonate so powerfully in middle of Ellul.
Perhaps one might add that נקמת השם במדין is also comforting.
Many times Hashem will take 1 tzaddik over 10,000 because he’s equal to that many etc. For whichever reason the Suttan came with his cases and the result is we were guilty and justice is mandatory in heaven, they don’t overlook things because they feel like being nice. Many times the trial takes place and what we see is the result of a “very discounted bargain”, obviously there’s no measure to the value of their lives I’m just saying relative to 10,000 you have six. This is very possible explanation, but it doesn’t change the fact that we Jews have miles to improve and the more we sin the more trouble it causes
It is absolutely true that we can not understand the Mishpat of HKB”H. But then why do certain individuals try to do so when something happens to non-Chareidi Jews? If this happened to people despite their being on their way to learn, can we say that something else happened due to someone trying to stop someone from learning so that they could participate in another Mitzvah?
I don’t claim a private line to HKB”H – but others should not claim one either.
an Israeli Yid