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- Rabbi Aaron Cohen
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Machshava:
August 27, 1941. (4 Elul, 5701). The Nazis desecrate a Bais Medrash, the naiya kloiz, by gathering great numbers of stray dogs and cats and shooting them to death in the Bais Medrash. Jews are forced to witness the transformation of their Bais Medrash to a slaughterhouse of rotting carcasses. To further humiliate the Jews and cause degradation to the Torah, the Nazis force a number of Jews to tear up Sifrei Torah and use the parchment to cover the dead animals. The question is posed to the author of the Devar Avraham, the Rav of Kovno: what Teshuva and Kappara should the Jews undertake? What are the distinctions between those who actually tore up the Sifrei Torah, those who observed these events, and those who only heard about these horrific events?
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