<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 01:28:24AM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:<br>
: Nusach Sefard, in the introduction to the normal kedusha, says "kenoam<br>
: siach sod sarfei kodesh" -- like the pleasantness of the speech of the<br>
: holy serafim's conclave...<br>
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Sod means conclave?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, as in "besodam al tavo nafshi" in birkat Yaakov (Bereshit 49:6), where it's parallel to "kehalam", or more directly connected to kedusha Ps 89:8 "sod kedoshim".</div><div><br></div><div>I couldn't say whether "conclave" is the original sense and "secret" a derived meaning, or vice versa</div></div></div></div>