[Avodah] Ratzuy l'Rov

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:25:42AM -0400, Hankman wrote:
: R' Micha, I am confused by your response to R'nTK. If her dates and
: representation of Daas Mikra is correct...

That's where your confusion stems from. RnTK doesn't give dates nor cite
the Daas Miqrah. I cut-n-pasted something from R' Chaim Jachter who did.

RnTK thought that Purim was before Cyrus, who was Achaschveirosh's son.
However, it was Darius who was Achashveirosh's son, placing Purim in the
period between our first attempt to build bayis sheini under Cyrus (which
the Samaritans got stopped) and our second and successful completion of
the bayis.

I suggested therefore that if RnTK finds that Purim occuring during
galus "sounds right", there are two basic possible solutions:

First, her mental image may simply be wrong. It is based on an error WRT
the history, after all.

Or perhaps, we need to realize that being in Israel but in a position
where shibud malkhiyos could keep us from building bayis sheini IS galus.
Galus Yavan was entirely during bayis sheini. And for only a small part
of it, 2 years from the time Antiochus or the Misyavnim erected a statue
of Zeus in the BHMQ until Chanukah (167-165 BCE), was there even a lack
of avodah!

During the years of Purim, the percentage of Jews in Israel was
miniscule anyway.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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