[Avodah] Context is Everything

[Cantor Wolberg]

The Vilna Gaon who contends that Eli, the Kohen gadol, consulted the  
Urim and Tumim regarding Hannah, and the letters "hay, reish, kof, and  
shin lit up.  Instead of
reading them correctly as "K'sheira," a worthy woman, Eli mistakenly  
read the letters in the wrong order as "Shikora," a drunken woman. So  
obviously, the Urim and Tumim
were as valid as the one interpreting them.  An important lesson of  
"Dan l'chaf z'chus"  is learned from this incident.
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