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Table for Five: Acharei-Kedoshim One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist And the Lord said to Moses: Speak to your brother Aaron, that he should not come at will into the Holy behind the dividing curtain, in front of the cover that is upon the ark, lest he die, for I appear in the cloud over the ark cover. Lev. 16:2 Rabbi Elchanan Shoff Beis Knesses of Los Angeles Do not just come sauntering into the Holy, behind the curtain. One may not be cavalier about how to serve God. When Aaron’s sons did so, barging into the Holiest of places in a moment of inspira...

Table for Five: Beshalach One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist It came to pass when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them [by] way of the land of the Philistines for it was near, because God said, Lest the people reconsider when they see war and return to Egypt. -Ex. 13:17 Rabbi Elchanan Shoff Advertisement “God didn’t lead them [by] way of the land of the Philistines ki karov hu.” “For it was near” is certainly a fair translation of “ki karov hu.” Daas Zekenim, a medieval commentary on Torah offers another reading. “Ki ka...