It is excruciating to reconcile the tragic fate of the Bibas mother and her children with the justice of a righteous God. Yet perhaps their horrific death can be seen as having heavenly significance - ...

To rebuild the Temple and prepare for the Messiah, Jews required the purification provided by the ashes of a red heifer-a ...

In the absence of the Temple, perhaps we can pray that the ascension of the purest souls of Israel, the Bibas babes, was a kapara for the sake of the nation. We cannot do the reckoning of Hashem.