329. As soon as he heard about these children, he immediately ascended to the presence of the Holy One, blessed be He, and said, Master of the Universe, all Your ways are just and true. If there is any judgment that prevails upon Yisrael, that would be for their own sins. Why did You hand over their children, who have not sinned, to be killed? The Holy One, blessed be He, accepts thus his words and has compassion on them. At that time, IN YOM KIPPUR, children do not suffer from diphtheria.
329. כֵּיוָן דְּשָׁמַע מֵאִינּוּן יַנּוּקֵי, מִיַּד סָלִיק לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְאָמַר, מָארֵיהּ דְּעָלְמָא, כָּל אָרְחָךְ בְּדִינָא דִּקְשׁוֹט, וְאִי דִּינָא שַׁרְיָא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגִין חוֹבֵיהוֹן אִיהוּ, יַנּוּקִין דִּלְהוֹן דְּלָא חָאבוּ לְקָמָךְ, אֲמַאי מַסְרַת לוֹן לְקָטְלָא לוֹן בְּלָא חוֹבָא. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא נָטִיל מִלּוֹי בְּכַךְ, וְחָס עָלַיְיהוּ. וְהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא, לָא הֲוֵי אַסְכָּרָא בַּתִּינוֹקוֹת.