The annihilation of the whole generation
of Israel that came out of the land of Egypt
in the wilderness,
the destruction of the Second Temple
in Jerusalem by the Roman Legions
in 70 A.D.,
and the Holocaust השואה
of World War II,
were all caused by
one Sin:
HATRED WITHOUT A CAUSE.
Hatred without a Cause is the one
sin that joins all these events together.
The connection between
Hatred without a Cause שנאה חנם
and the Holocaust השואה
is confirmed in Psalm 35.
Here Hatred without a Cause is
mentioned three times.
Psalm 35:7,19.
“For without cause they have
hid for me their net in a pit,
with without cause they have
digged for my soul.
Let not them that are
my enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me;
neither let them
wink with the eye that
hate me without a cause .”
כי חנם
טמנו לי שחת רשתם
חנם
חפרו לנפשי:
אל ישמחו לי
איבי שקר
שנאי חנם
יקרצו עין:
The word ‘holocaust’ is
also mentioned three times.
Psalm 35:8,17
“Let destruction (shoah)
come upon him unawares;
and let his net that he
has hid catch himself:
into that very destruction (shoah)
let him fall.
Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue my soul from
their destructions (shoah),
my darling from the lions.”
תבואהו שואה לא ידע
ורשתו אשר טמן תלכדו
בשואה יפל בה:
אדוני כמה תראה
השבה נפשי משאיהם
מכפירים יחידתי:
In Psalm 69:4 Hatred
without a Cause שנאה חנם
is also mentioned.
“They that hate me
without a cause
are more than the
hairs of my head:
they who would destroy me,
being my enemies wrongfully,
are mighty.”
רבו משערות ראשי
שנאי חנם
עצמו מצמיתי
איבי שקר:
Though the word
for holocaust (shoah)
is not specifically used
in this Psalm, the descriptions
are certainly the same.
Psalm 69:24-25.
“Pour out your indignation
upon them, and let
your wrathful anger
take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate;
and let none dwell
in their tents.”
שפך עליהם זעמך
וחרון אפך ישיגם:
תהי טירתם נשמה
באהליהם אל יהי ישב:
Finally in Psalm 109:3
it speaks about Hatred
without a Cause:
“They compassed me
about also with
words of hatred;
and fought against me
without a cause.”
ודברי שנאה סבבוני
וילחמוני חנם:
This Psalm contains the
most horrible imprecations
and judgments of any Psalm.
The Torah תורה establishes
HATRED WITHOUT A CAUSE,
UNBELIEF, AND DESPISING
THE LAND OF ISRAEL,
to be the worst sin that
the children of Israel committed
in the wilderness, and it followed
with the greatest judgments.
It was the sin which brought about
the destruction of
the Second Temple in Jerusalem,
and caused the great Diaspora הגולה .
It was also the sin that
brought about the
Holocaust השואה
in World War II
right at the end
of the period of
the great Diaspora הגולה .