The Shechinah Wails In Grief Analysis

Many memoirs about the Holocaust were published by Holocaust survivors. There are countless videos, books, and articles telling over the stories of those that survived and perished during the war. Many of these works show the heroism of many people to save relatives, others and themselves. Some of these people were non-Jews hiding and helping those in need. Many Jews helped their fellow brothers in whatever way possible, many times risking their own lives. Through all the accounts written about the Holocaust there are only a few memoirs conveying the experiences of rabbanim who survived the war.
The memoir written by Rabbi Tzvi Guttman called “The Shechinah Wails in Grief” tells of the terribly painful and heartbreaking story of his experiences during the Holocaust. He is grieving over the death of his two sons who died al kiddush Hashem. He shares his sorrow of their death as well as many other Jews who were lost along with their family members. He witnessed the death of his two sons in front of his eyes. They were shot at along with many others, including Rabbi Guttman himself, but, Rabbi Guttman miraculously survived. He then fled and became a target of a second shooting attack, but again survived.
Another very moving memoir is “It is Good to Thank Hashem” by Rabbi Yehoshua Yeshayahu …show more content…
Many were separated from their families and tell the tale of how they manage to survive. They either suffered through starvation, in concentration camps under the brutality or through hiding and from traveling from one place to the next. These three memoirs have some similar characteristics to the typical Holocaust stories, but they give over another message. They give over lessons. They show us that one must never stop fighting for the sake of the Torah. They sacrificed their lives for their love of Hashem. They had such emunah and clung on to their