Had the Kohen Gadol prayed with greater devotion, had he entreated Hashem to arrange that fatal accidents not occur during his tenure as Kohen Gadol, they might not have happened. Chazal tell us that the Kohen Gadol’s mother supplied the unintentional murderers with food and clothing, so that they would not pray for her son’s premature death. It seems difficult to accept that food and clothing would take precedence over one’s liberty. One has only to ask a person who has been incarcerated for an extended period of time, to determine whether food and clothing would be an acceptable trade …
