[Avodah] The 8th Day of Pesach in Golus

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:39:51AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Dare one say that yesterday it was preferable to be in Golus given the 
> combination of the kedusha of Shabbos and the d'rabbonim kedusha of the 
> 8th day of Pesach?

On the contrary, a reason often given for the importance of Bavel
continuing their minhag avos was that it takes two days of yom tov in
chu"l to get to the same qedushah as one day in Eretz Yisrael.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha