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[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:19:07AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: It seems that my familiarity with the idiom isn't as thorough as
: it ought to be. I don't understand why the phrase "10 nissim na'asu
: la'avoseinu beVHMQ" would be presumed to be referring specifically to
: Bayis Rishon, to the exclusion of Bayis Sheni. Could you elaborate? Thanks
: in advance.

Every mishnah was composed during bayis sheini or within 150 years
of the churban. (Rebbe was niftar in 188 CE.) The idiom "la'avoseinu"
is like "forefathers" in English, it doesn't likely to refer to more
recent history.

In any case, bayis sheini lacked the aron and the amud ha'anan. It was
after Esther and thus within the era when hester panim dominates. Thus,
the concept of galus overlapping bayis sheini. I think hester panim and
daily public miracles are mutually exclusive concepts.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha