Editing The Holocaust (section)

==== Encouragement to Holocaust Survivors ====
Following the Holocaust, the spirits of many survivors and people who lived through the Holocaust's pain fell, and some ceased observing Torah and mitzvos, lo aleinu.

The Rebbe's response to these people is known through a mashal, to a person entering surgery. That person, who understands nothing about medicine, will try to understand the doctors' actions. But when one of the doctors raises his hand to take the knife, that person will burst out and try to prevent the surgery. "How is it possible" - he will shout - "this knife will not only not add to the person's health, but might even kill him and end his already difficult life."

Everyone understands, the Rebbe continues explaining the mashal's point, that this knife is what will save the person now lying on the operating table. It's inconceivable to say the doctor acts out of recklessness and disregard for the patient's actions. So too here, although we don't understand the Holocaust, and we resemble that person trying to understand the doctor's actions. But just as in the mashal, it's clear the doctor knows what he's doing and we trust him, so too Hashem made the Holocaust. We don't know why, but we shouldn't draw negative conclusions from this.
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