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[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 01:37:44PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
>> Arguable. But the peteq would have had to fall during the early bayis
>> sheini period -- galus Bavel or galus Yavan.

> There was a beis hamikdash, where open miracles were seen every day.

So it's not about galus, it's about the absense of a beis hamiqdash?

In any case, which daily miracles happened in bayis sheini? Even the
temporary miracle of the pach shemen was only seen by the few kohanim who
were tehorim, not misyavnim, and present within the heikhal. Certainly
nothing norm setting.

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?

>> BTW, do you say the same thing about stories about the the Besht and
>> the Lubavitcher Rabbeim? That given that they're during galus, stories
>> of miracles are more likely to be metaphoric than historical?

> Open miracles are not non-existent during galus, they're just rare.
> Tzadikim are not personally in galus...

I didn't think people were in galus. I thought galus was a state the
Shechinah was in, which results in historical effects like the diaspora.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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