re: [xsl] What is the equivalent for-each of <xsl:copy-of select="$elements"/>

["Vladimir Nesterovsky" <vladimir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> What do I need to do differently to copy the elements within
> $tableAsXML and apply a template to each element text node?

You probably want to apply identity template to all except text nodes.
For the text nodes you want to have a specific match that calls 
normalizeEntityForHTML.
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