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size=2>From: "Moshe Y. Gluck" <mgluck@gmail.com><BR>>>I was thinking
that maybe they didn't bother recording the Neis of the Pach Shemen because they
were Melumad in Nisim in the Beis Hamikdash - like the Mishnah in Avos and the
Gemara in Yuma record. In the context of the daily Nisim in the Beis
HaMikdash....<< <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>All those miracles were in the Bayis Rishon. There were no
open miracles in the Bayis Sheni -- with the single exception of the pach
hashemen. This miracle was therefore seen as a throwback to earlier
times and a brief sign of Hashem's favor, a momentary ray of sunshine in the
darkening gloom.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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