Introduction:
Many scholars and philosophers have put forth theories which attempt to explain the Holocaust.
One Charedi point of view focuses the blame on the Reform Jews in Germany who broke away from the Torah. Another attitude blames the secular Zionists for having brazenly established a non-religious settlement in the Land of Israel before the Mashiach’s arrival.
Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook had a different understanding.
These theories, he said, failed to embrace the whole sweep of history. The workings of Divine Providence cannot be isolated to any one moment, or group, but must be seen in the context of the “Divine Historical Plan” which spans generations.
Accusations that blame this group, or that group, fracture the unity of the Jewish Nation.
Just as G-d is One, the Nation of Israel is one. Only from this encompassing perspective, which embraces all of Jewish history, can one hope to fathom the Divine Will in the horror of the Holocaust.







