Teshuvos Mi'maamakim #10 - a -Saying 'Shelo Asani Aved' in the Kovno Ghetto (v. 3 n. 6), Is There an Obligation to Bring Murderers of Jews to Justice (v. 4, n. 14)

Speaker:
Ask speaker
Date:
July 15 2020
Length:
15min 21s
Downloads:
4
Views:
295
Comments:
0

Venue: Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ) Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ)

Halacha:
Brachot Tefillah War 

Collections: R' Aaron Cohen Teshuvos Mi'maamakim

Description

a) During Shacharis in the Kovno ghetto, one individual stopped daily by the Bracha “shelo asani aved”, asking how he could thank Hashem for not making him a slave when in fact he was suffering so horrifically at the hands of the Germans. Others echoed his sentiment and Rav Oshry was asked to express his view: was it appropriate to say this Bracha in those circumstances? b) A survivor asked Rav Oshry: A Lithuanian had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters, and was not in hiding to escape punishment for his crimes. Was he responsible to invest effort and resources to track him down and bring him to justice?

    More from this:
    Comments
    0 comments
    Leave a Comment
    Title:
    Comment:
    Anonymous: 

    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Elliot and Nechama Rosner in memory of their dear brother, Rabbi Howard (Zvi) Rosner and by Avi & Aleeza Lauer, Mordechai & Astrid Leifer and Joey & Tina Orlian commemorating the 36th yahrzeit of their dear friend Gary Slochowsky, a'h and by Ezra & Millie Fried l’zecher nishmat שרה גואל בת אברהם, Gitta Ackerman and by Joshua & Amy Fogelman and Family l’ilui nishmat Dr. Harold Fogelman, חיים צבי בן ברוך ז“ל