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Why is this statement relevant to the ceremonies that Aaron was to perform for the Day of Atonement? Why does the Torah go back to the tragic death of his sons when describing the purification offerings and the two goats to be selected for the ritual?<\/p>\n<p>Avner Moriah\u2019s painting for this <em>parasha<\/em> shows Aaron looking toward the Tent of Meeting, with a goat on either side. He is pointing at the goats\u2019 heads, perhaps in an allusion to the lots to be cast for deciding which is to be sacrificed and which is to be sent into the wilderness. Dark hills set against a green mysterious-looking sky hint at the distant destination of the scapegoat.<\/p>\n<p>To understand the connection between this image of Aaron with the goats and the fate of his sons, we should reflect on God\u2019s words in the second verse: \u201cTell your brother Aaron that he is not to come at will into the Shrine\u2026lest he die\u201d (Lev 16:2). Aaron was called upon to serve as the Israelites\u2019 messenger immediately after witnessing the death of his sons, who perished when they came before God and offered \u201calien fire which He had not enjoined upon them\u201d (Lev. 10:1). That is, they did not obey God\u2019s laws exactly as they were given. Thus it must have been with a sense of fear and trepidation that Aaron realized that he had to take care not to enter the most holy place without the designated ceremonies \u2013 the purification sacrifice and the ritual of the two goats.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron prepared to seek God\u2019s forgiveness for the Israelites through a ceremony in which the peoples\u2019 sins were symbolically transferred to the scapegoat, who carried them into the desert well away from the Tabernacle and the Israelite encampment. The ritual was carefully planned and executed so that the people would understand the symbolism. The two goats were chosen out of the flock, but which of the two would serve as the scapegoat was determined by lot. The goat that was to be offered was sacrificed. The other was brought before the Lord, the Israelites\u2019 sins were confessed over it, and it was sent \u201coff to the wilderness for \u2018Azazel\u2019\u201d (Lev. 16:10), to a place so far away that it could never return. Azazel is thought by some to be a demonic region, which accounts for the dark hills and the green skies in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the death of Aaron\u2019s sons in connection with the ritual of the goats reinforces the notion that Aaron\u2019s entry into the Holy of Holies was fraught with danger. 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