a ▁. ▁It ▁is ▁but ▁" for ▁a ▁small ▁moment ▁that ▁have ▁I ▁for s aken ▁thee " ▁[ Is . ▁ 5 4 : 7 ]). ▁And ▁most ▁certainly ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁explanation ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁s ins . ▁On ▁the ▁contrary , ▁all ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁Des olation ▁are ▁called ▁k ed osh im ▁[ hol y ▁ones ] ▁... ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁san ct ification ▁of ▁God ' s ▁Name ▁( on ▁account ▁of ▁being ▁Jews ) ▁[ … ] ▁ ▁The ▁same ▁approach , ▁in ▁which ▁all ▁forms ▁of ▁rational ▁the od icy ▁are ▁categor ically ▁rejected , ▁is ▁adopted ▁by ▁Schne erson ▁in ▁his ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁El ie ▁Wies el ▁( R . ▁M . ▁M . ▁Schne erson , ▁Ig ger ot ▁H ak odes h , ▁no . ▁ 8 9 6 9 , ▁ 2 3 : 3 7 0 - 7 1 ). ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Schne erson ▁also ▁suggested ▁on ▁occasion ▁that ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁could ▁be ▁compared ▁to ▁surg ery . ▁Thus ▁Isra eli ▁historian ▁Ye h uda ▁B auer ▁wrote ▁a ▁condem n atory ▁article ▁on ▁this ▁comparison ▁(" G od ▁as ▁sur geon ," ▁Ha aret z , ▁Jun . ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁). ▁In ▁this ▁article ▁he ▁c ites ▁the ▁following ▁statement ▁attributed ▁to ▁Rab bi ▁Schne erson ▁( in ▁M ada ▁Ve ' em una , ▁Mach on ▁Lub av