Letter to the Kohanim of Tunisia

[ . . . ] Any priest who displays haste and exerts pressure to obtain the priestly gifts and sanctified bread, one may be sure that he is essentially of the sons of Eli, as it is said: Even before the fat was made to smoke, the priest’s servant came and said to the man that sacrificed. . . (1 Samuel 2:15). By rights, he ought to be removed from…