[Avodah] Minhog Scams

[Richard Wolberg]

> If there were a neis during bayis sheini that lo ira qeri lekohein gadol
> bayom yakippurim, why did they did they need to keep him up all night?

Ein somchin al hanes.

To say "ein somchin al hanes" is like the cat chasing its tail. This is circular reasoning. 
It's like saying the reason you have to stop at a red light is not to have an accident with another vehicle.
So someone asks: If you are driving at 3am and there isn't a single vehicle anywhere in sight, do you have
to stop then when there is no chance whatsoever that you will have an accident. The response is "Yes, you
have to stop." So you ask: "Why?" And the response: "Because it's RED."    

> I didn't think people were in galus. I thought galus was a state the
> Shechinah was in

Wouldn't the state the Shechinah is in to which you refer be the concept of "hester panim?"