Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach is a unique
collection of stories about the Shoah.
Hasidic tales are essentially modern in tone. The Almighty does not intervene in the lives
of the characters through direct action, but behind the scenes, in the social
or natural world. Often, a character is
saved from a word or deed that happens, seemingly, by accident.
Yet there are no accidents.
Everything is guided from the hand of HaShem.
Including, it seems, in the ghetto and camps of World War II. These stories may strain credulity for some,
but that is the point. If G-d works
through everything, than meaning can even be found in the most dehumanizing and cruel of places.
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