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This chapter details the instructions for Yom Kippur, the series of rites that bring the High Priest in close contact with the divine. But within the opening verses, there is a suppressed narrative, a return to the high drama of chapters 9 and 10. The charged temporal marker at the start of the chapter sets the tone: \u201cThe LORD spoke to Moses after the deaths of the two sons of Aaron, who died when they drew too close to the presence of the LORD.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Five dense chapters of ritual impurity fall away; we are sharply returned to the intensity of the tragic scene. But here the concern is not Aaron\u2019s response or the sons\u2019 sin; in fact, the Bible condenses the episode, explaining their deaths as the impact of too much closeness. What lingers instead are the strained threads of relationship between the towering brothers, between Moses and Aaron. In the face of the deaths, Moses had rushed to comfort Aaron then swiftly censured him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Where do they stand now?<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading with sensitivity, the Midrash highlights God\u2019s attempt to bring them closer. God tells Moses — speak to Aaron, your brother; go and comfort him with words. The simple act of Moses transmitting instruction to Aaron– a routine activity in Leviticus– is invested with the capacity to bridge emotional distance, to ease pain. Perhaps the Midrash is picking up on the \u201cextra\u201d word \u2018your brother,\u2019 which appears only here.<\/span><\/p>\n

God tells Moses to tell Aaron that he cannot go at any time to the holy of holies; but he can go on Yom Kippur, with the proper dress and appropriate sacrifices. The first line of absolute prohibition is immediately glossed by the way in which he may gain entry. But again, the Midrash recovers the emotional strain of the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Rabbi Judah bar Rabbi Simon said: Moses was greatly distressed by this. He said: Woe is me! Perhaps Aaron my brother has been driven out of the inner space at all times!”<\/span><\/p>\n

To which God responds — Moses, you do not see the whole picture. He has not been driven out. Please tell him that he is welcome in the holy of holies. With preparation and intent and the proper frame of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leviticus does not record the conversation between the brothers. 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