 The prevalent view at that time was that God would bring about a return without the need of human intervention.The Holocaust caused him to re-think this approach, and he came to the conclusion that the reason the Jewish people had not been redeemed was because they had not returned to their homeland, the land of Israel, to resettle and rebuild it to its former glory.Teichtal wrote other works besides "Eim HaBanim Semeicha", in particular, a book of responsa entitled "Mishneh Sochir".