ame ▁for ▁hum ank ind ' s ▁ab use ▁of ▁free ▁will . ▁Thus , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁contradiction ▁between ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁good ▁God ▁and ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁massive ▁evil ▁caused ▁by ▁part ▁of ▁hum ank ind . ▁It ▁is ▁claimed ▁by ▁them ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁view ▁expressed ▁by ▁some ▁classical ▁Jewish ▁authorities , ▁such ▁as ▁Abraham ▁ibn ▁Da ud , ▁Abraham ▁ibn ▁Ez ra , ▁and ▁G erson ides . ▁ ▁David ▁We iss ▁Hal iv ni ▁David ▁We iss ▁Hal iv ni , ▁a ▁Hol oca ust ▁surv iv or ▁from ▁Hung ary , ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁associate ▁the ▁Sho ah ▁and ▁sin ▁is ▁mor ally ▁out rage ous . ▁He ▁holds ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁unw arr anted ▁on ▁a ▁strict ▁reading ▁of ▁the ▁Tan akh . ▁He ▁claims ▁that ▁it ▁rein for ces ▁an ▁alarm ing ▁t endency ▁among ▁ult ra - Or th odox ▁leaders ▁to ▁explo it ▁such ▁arguments ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁authority . ▁ ▁In ▁" P ray er ▁in ▁the ▁Sho ah " ▁he ▁gives ▁his ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁was ▁a ▁pun ishment ▁from ▁God : ▁ ▁What ▁happened ▁in ▁the ▁Sho ah ▁is ▁above ▁and ▁beyond ▁measure ▁( l ' m isk pat ): ▁above ▁and ▁beyond ▁suffering , ▁above ▁and ▁beyond ▁any ▁pun ishment . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁trans gression ▁that ▁mer its ▁such ▁pun ishment ... ▁and ▁it ▁cannot ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁sin ." ▁ ▁Ir ving ▁Green