- Or th odox ▁Jews ▁( A ch ie zer , ▁volume ▁III , ▁Vil na ▁ 1 9 3 9 ). ▁Eli y ahu ▁El ie zer ▁D ess ler ▁had ▁similar ▁views . ▁ ▁Many ▁H ared i ▁rabb is ▁today ▁warn ▁that ▁a ▁failure ▁to ▁follow ▁ult ra - Or th odox ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁religious ▁law ▁will ▁cause ▁God ▁to ▁send ▁another ▁Hol oca ust . ▁E laz ar ▁Sh ach , ▁a ▁former ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁yes h iva ▁Orth odox y ▁in ▁Israel , ▁made ▁this ▁claim ▁on ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁G ulf ▁War , ▁stating ▁that ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁new ▁Hol oca ust ▁for ▁the ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁religion ▁and ▁" des ec r ation " ▁of ▁Sh abb at ▁in ▁Israel . ▁ ▁Both ▁Me ir ▁K ah ane ▁and ▁Av ig dor ▁Miller ▁have ▁written ▁extens ively ▁in ▁defense ▁of ▁God ▁during ▁the ▁Hol oca ust , ▁while ▁critic izing ▁the ▁European ▁Jewish ▁community ' s ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁traditional ▁Jewish ▁values . ▁ ▁Ch abad ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Men ach em ▁M end el ▁Schne erson , ▁the ▁sevent h ▁Reb be ▁of ▁Ch abad ▁Lub av itch , ▁no ▁explanation ▁that ▁human ▁reason ▁can ▁provide ▁can ▁afford ▁a ▁satisf actory ▁the od icy ▁of ▁Aus ch witz , ▁especially ▁no ▁explanation ▁along ▁the ▁lines ▁of ▁divine ▁pun ition . ▁In ▁his ▁published ▁disc ourses , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁following ▁critique