Zohar (Shemos 36a) When punishment impends over a place a man should not go out into the open, since, once the Destroyer is given leave, he does harm indiscriminately, and makes no distinction between the righteous and the unrighteous; therefore the people of G-d should hide themselves lest they be consumed in that vengeance which is the due of the Destroyer.
That explains why all those Rebbes fled Europe during WW2. Doesn't explain why they told all their followers to stay put
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Any specific examples or rational (limud zechus) for your allegations.
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