{"id":46470,"date":"2018-12-26T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=46470"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:31:19","slug":"the-fatal-gaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-fatal-gaze\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fatal Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[363,443,795],"acf":{"old_id":"46470","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"120","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Another intriguing explanation of the untimely demise of Nadav and Abihu","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Our chapter begins by again mentioning the tragic death of two of the sons of Aaron. \u201c\u2026Nadav and Avihu died by the will of the Lord, when they offered alien fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai\u201d (Numbers 3:4). The question has often been asked: Why exactly did Nadav and Avihu die \u201cby the will of God\u201d? What it only because, with every good intention, they made an offering apparently of regular man-made fire? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Midrash (Numbers Rabbah 2:25, Leviticus Rabbah 20:10) offers an additional reason by first noting that Nadav and Avihu are specifically mentioned among those who, according to Exodus 24:1-11, ascended Mount Sinai and there \u201csaw the God of Israel. Under His feet, there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity\u2026they beheld God, and they ate and drank.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is specifically stated there that God did not, at that time, \u201craise His hand\u201d against those who partook of this extraordinary vision. But the Rabbinic sages connected the participation of Nadav and Avihu in this Sinaitic vision with their subsequent tragic demise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What could be meant by the phrase \u201cthey ate and drank\u201d while beholding God? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Hoshaia asks: Did provisions, like cakes, go up with them to Mount Sinai? No! Rather what must be implied is that they \u201cfeasted their eyes on the Shekhinah\u201d like one who discourteously stares at his fellow while eating and drinking together. Rabbi Tanhuma adds that they also uncovered they heads, stood on their feet and haughtily feasted their eyes on the Shekhinah. Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin replies that Moses, on the other hand, resisted the temptation to behave in such a disrespectful manner, for it says that, in a previous similar situation at the Burning Bush, \u201c\u2026Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God\u201d (Exodus 3:6). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Midrash here teaches that taking advantage of mystical vision, by staring unrestrainedly at the Divine Presence, may eventually result in the most fateful consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>image by: agsandrew\/shutterstock<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":46472,"id":46472,"title":"shutterstock_775990204","filename":"shutterstock_775990204.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/shutterstock_775990204.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-fatal-gaze\/shutterstock_775990204\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"shutterstock_775990204","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":46470,"date":"2018-12-26 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