Extinguishing a flame to prevent the flame from being seen vs doing so to save the candle… For example, saving a life… Or improving the sick person’s situation. Also: King David’s death and what God doesn’t tell man, and how nobody outsmarts the Angel of Death, not really. Plus: The effort to keep Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) out of the canon of the Bible, and why it didn’t work.
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