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| | Shabbat Parshat Shemini - Rabbi Pinchas Frankel |
 | | The Aron is placed on a new wagon, and is being led by two sons of Avinadav, Uzza and Achio, with Achio leading the oxen that are pulling the wagon, and Uzza standing closer to the Aron. |
 | | Uzza, son of Avinadav, slain by G-d in the Haftarah for an act that doesn’t seem, at first glance, to warrant that penalty, |
 | | Avinadav (father of Uzza) and Malki-Shua, Shaul’s sons, at the hands of the Philistines, were considered, according to a Midrash, part of Shaul’s “Yisurin,” Suffering, that gained for him atonement, and entry into the World-to-Come. |
| www.ou.org /torah/frankel/haftarot/shemini61.htm (2029 words) |
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