[Avodah] Minhog Scams

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:53:47AM -0400, Richard Wolberg wrote:
:> 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?"

Isn't being elsewhere (galus) and effective way to hide (hesteir)? Who
said they're distinct concepts?

In any case, hester panim could be a moment within a larger story, eg
in Shofetim when HQBH would let one of the Kenaani nations have the upper
hand for a while. Maybe the definition of "galus" that I'm fishing for
is "longterm hesteir panim".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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