RLST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Emil Fackenheim, Babylonian Captivity, Irving Greenberg
25 Dec 2016
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Is the holocaust a unique event in jewish history: 2 primary views: Not a unique event: holocaust as divine punishment: Holocaust is the term for a type of sacri ce offering in the temple: a whole burnt offering - completely consumed by re. Wasserman (leader of jewish community killed in the holocaust): jews killed in the holocaust are a sacri ce to g-d that will hasten messianic redemption. Hoping that a messianic gure will come and x the problems of the world: holocaust as chastiesment: Idea made by joseph isaac shneerson (lubavitcher rebbe): holocaust is a way of punishing the jews for rejecting the torah and assimilating to other cultures. Similar to other radical communal misfortunes : like the babylonian exile - jews were exiled for going astray from. Because we, the jews, were victims of the holocaust and cannot/should not be blamed for the holocaust. Is a unique event: part 1:
