In "God Was In This Place and I, I Did Not Know" Rabbi Lawrence Kushner writes about the holiest part of the Temple — a room so sacred that only the High Priest could enter and only enter it once a year on Yom Kippur. The High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies with a rope tied around his leg so that if he were ever to pass out or drop dead, someone could drag him out because no one could enter to retrieve the body.
Once inside, the High Priest had only one thing to do, something he had prepared to do for months. He would say the ineffable four-letter name of God: Yod. Hey. Vav. Hey.
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