“When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.” (Leviticus 10:20).
The day of the inauguration of the Mishkan [Tabernacle, the tent in the wilderness], Rosh Chodesh Nisan [the start of the holy month of Nisan], was to be a day of joyful celebration imbued with the sanctity of Hashem’s [the LORD’s] presence in the camp of Israel. The happiness turned to grief when two of Aaron’s children were consumed by fire and died because they offered an “alien fire” before Hashem. Their new position of Kohanim [priests] in the Mikdash [Tabernacle] was tainted by their status as onenim [mourners]—relatives awaiting the burial of one for whom they must sit shivah. [Shivah is a period of seven days’ formal mourning for the dead, beginning immediately after the funeral.]
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Author: Raymond Beyda
Keywords: admit failure, admit fault, fault, error, admit error, admit ignorance, admit weakness, admitting, Nadab, Nadab and Abihu, Abihu, strange fire, fire from the Lord, yetzer, yetzer hara, yetzer ha ra, yetser, yetser hara, yetser ha ra, evil inclination, evil urge, evil impulse
Bible reference(s): Leviticus 10
Source: “To Admit,” Hamodia, April 20, 2017.
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