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Chapter 16 details the service procedure on Yom Kippur. The Mishnah explains that the service must be performed in the exact order listed in the Torah or it is deemed invalid. There is something else unique in the chapter. When other holidays are mentioned in the Torah, the holiday itself is mentioned first and then the specific mitzvah for the day. In this chapter, the first thing mentioned is the death of Aaron\u2019s two sons from six chapters ago, and then the service and then, in the summary, the connection between Yom Kippur and the service, and then the commandment that it is <\/span>Shabbat Shabbaton<\/em> <\/span>and a day for self-sacrifice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What\u2019s the connection between Yom Kippur and the death of Aaron\u2019s sons? Perhaps it has to do with the wording of the reason for their death \u201cGod spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to the presence of God\u201d (verse 1). In the four times that their death is mentioned in the Torah, this is the only time it does not say they brought a \u201cforeign fire.\u201d Some commentators explain that this meant that Nadav and Avihu died because they tried to get too close to God - either by entering the Holy of Holies or by bringing a sacrifice that was not ordained. In other words they had pure intentions, but their execution was wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God explains to Aaron and the people that there is a specific way that the nation can utilize the Mishkan to enact forgiveness. It is through this exact ceremony that must be performed in this exact order that one can achieve forgiveness. Aaron\u2019s sons attempted to do something else, and God needed to remind the people that the Mishkan was not a place with an \u201canything goes\u201d policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the second unique part of the chapter is the more important lesson. Yes, one needs to do this exact service to gain forgiveness. But, God says, there is also another way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For on this day atonement shall be made for you to purify you of all your sins; you shall be pure before God. It shall be a sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall practice self-denial; it is a law for all time (verses 30-31).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this not-so-subtle way God is explaining that each and every person has the ability to gain forgiveness on Yom Kippur without the service. 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When I reflect on my mistakes, I find myself asking whether it is possible to wipe away sins completely, to repair relationships or fix missteps as good as new. And would I really want these moments wiped away for good, or would I rather move forward having learned something from them?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Leviticus 16 is primarily about the rituals of Yom Kippur in the Temple, however, the topic is introduced in an interesting way. The opening lines remind us of the death of Aaron\u2019s two sons, who were consumed with fire when bringing an unauthorized offering to God: \"<\/span>God spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before God, and died\" (16:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Various answers have been suggested for what if anything they did wrong, ranging from being drunk while bringing an offering, to bringing an uncommanded \u201cstrange offering.\u201d The Talmud Yerushalmi suggests another:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hiya bar Abba said, \u201cAaron\u2019s sons died on the first of <\/span>Nisan<\/span><\/i>. Why is their death mentioned on Yom Kippur? To teach that just as Yom Kippur atones for Israel, so too the death of righteous people atones for Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In other words, they didn\u2019t do anything wrong, but the people did, enough to warrant the death of these two righteous priests.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is another important pair that appears in this chapter: the two goats used in the service, one goat for God and one for Azazel. The goat for God is offered as a sin-offering on behalf of Israel. Aaron confesses the sins of the people on the goat for Azazel, which is then sent away \u201cto the wilderness.\u201d In rabbinic literature, the goat is killed in a fall off a particular cliff deep in the wilderness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Like the two goats, says the Yerushalmi, the death of Aaron\u2019s sons atone for Israel\u2019s sins. Nadab comes from the word for donation or generosity, and Abihu, \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0, means \"He is my Father\" (referring, as I am reading it, to God).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The dichotomies set out in these contrasts\u2014of Nadab and Abihu as righteous martyrs or punished sinners, of Nadab and Abihu with zeal for the worship of God in contrast to Israel who needs atonement through the death of righteous people, of the goat for God and the goat for Azazel, of burning one sacrifice to go up to God in the heavens and banishing the other to forlorn areas of the earth\u2014leads me back to the questions: can our past ever be erased, to make a fresh start? And if so, would we want to, if it meant no longer having learned the relevant lessons?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Temple creates an unparalleled space of either-or, of a world with precise distinctions and categories that cannot tolerate the messiness of life. People are very rarely purely righteous or evil, our past mistakes become a part of us as much as our past successes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nadab and Abihu may have been blameless, or they may not have, but their death is as much a part of the story of Yom Kippur as the goats we offer to atone for our sins.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":84019,"alt":"","title":"ps52-good evil","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","width":1920,"height":842,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-300x132.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":132,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-768x337.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":337,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-1024x449.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":449,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":674,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":842,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-1200x526.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":526,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-958x420.png","home_baner-width":958,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"We Are Rarely Wholly Righteous Or Evil","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The deaths of two brothers and two goats raise questions about the nature of atonement and repentance","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":84019,"alt":"","title":"ps52-good evil","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","width":1920,"height":842,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-300x132.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":132,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-768x337.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":337,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-1024x449.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":449,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":674,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":842,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-1200x526.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":526,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps52-good-evil-958x420.png","home_baner-width":958,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"106","date":"20260125","wall_id":"106"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"383","name":"Death","old_id":"783"},{"term_id":"387","name":"Sacrifice","old_id":"787"},{"term_id":"571","name":"Repentance","old_id":"971"}]},{"order":6,"id":"45372","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"The Transmission of Sin and Holiness ","post_title":"The Transmission of Sin And Holiness","slug":"the-transmission-of-sin-and-holiness","old_id":"45372","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":45368,"post_title":"Chayva Lehrman","slug":"chayva-lehrman","old_id":"45368","first_name":"Chayva ","last_name":"Lehrman","description":"Chayva Lehrman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, expecting to graduate in 2022. 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The word \u201cscapegoat\u201d first appeared in its modern usage in 1824, evolved from Tyndale\u2019s coining of the term in 1530, \u201cthe goat sent into the wilderness on the Day of Atonement, symbolic bearer of the sins of the people.\u201d Tyndale was, of course, translating from a much older source: Leviticus 16:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites, whatever their sins, putting them on the head of the goat; and it shall be sent off to the wilderness through a designated man (16:21).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Through the scapegoat, Aaron annually purges the Israelite community of its collective sin. More precisely, Aaron lays his hands - <\/span>v\u2019samach Aharon<\/span><\/em> - on the head of the goat and channels the Israelites\u2019 collective sin onto it, thus exploiting the contagious nature of impurity towards pure ends. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The same verb is used in the first Jewish leadership transition, from Moses to Joshua: \u201cHe laid his hands - <\/span>vayismach et yadav<\/span><\/em> - upon him and commissioned him\u2014as the LORD had spoken through Moses\u201d (Numbers 27:23).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This model and terminology are still used in modern rabbinical ordination (<\/span>smicha<\/span><\/em>), placing the caretakers of our community in a legacy of divine commission. This legacy is further emphasized in the opening line of Pirke Avot: \u201cMoses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua and Joshua to the Elders, and the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Transmission of Torah preserves a bit of the holiness given at Sinai.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What does it mean that both sin and holiness can be transmitted? That the transmission itself is a holy act. In the verses immediately following the scapegoat ritual, Aaron must carefully remove his clothes, bathe in water, and offer a burnt sacrifice. By doing so, he demarcates and crosses the boundary between the sacred <\/span>smicha<\/span><\/em> and the mundane. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

As teachers of Torah, transmitters of the holiness of our tradition, may we also take steps to recognize and protect the holiness of this work.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Yom kippur is the day on which, as the Torah says five times, we are commanded to \u201cafflict\u201d ourselves. Hence: no eating or drinking, no bathing, no anointing, no sexual relations, no leather shoes. It is customary for men to wear a <\/span>kittel<\/span><\/em>, a white garment reminiscent, some say, of the white tunic the High Priest wore when he entered the Holy of Holies (<\/span>Mateh Efrayim <\/span><\/i>610:11). Others say it is like a burial shroud (Rema, ibid. 3). Either way, it reminds us of the truths we must face alone. The Torah says that \u201cNo man shall be in the Tent of Meeting when [Aaron] comes to make atonement in the holiest place, until he leaves\u201d (Lev. 16:17). Like the High Priest on this holy day, we face God alone. We confront our mortality alone. Outwardly we are in the company of others, but inwardly we are giving a reckoning for our individual life, singular and unique. The fact that everyone else around us is doing likewise makes it bearable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Excerpted from the <\/span>Koren Yom Kippur Machzor<\/span><\/em>
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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>\r\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>\r\n

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

Leviticus does not record the conversation between the brothers. 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How passionately some people long for enlightenment, for intimacy, for a spiritual union with the divine. Wisdom traditions from around the globe offer enticing stories of holy men and women who find their way into the very center of being, to a level of reality more true, more real, more beautiful than any earthly experience can hope to offer. Jewish tradition tells us that in paradise, even the columns of marble are so shimmering that they appear to be moving waterfalls, and the great scholar of holiness, Rudolph Otto, speaks of a sense of the \u201cnuminous,\u201d a realm characterized by its awe-inspiring otherness, its urgency, and its irreducible mystery. Moses in the cloud, Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, Jesus in the desert, these are but a few examples of holy people who practiced what Jewish tradition knows as <\/span>Devekut<\/span><\/i>, clinging to the divine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Such yearning is a refining fire, pointing sensitive souls toward the pure, the good, the true. To some degree, we correctly view the path of mitzvot as a training ground to cultivate our aspiration, a technology designed to bring greater intimacy with God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to be close?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet, our Torah goes out of its way to remind us that there is such a thing as too close, or at least the wrong kind of close. Acharei Mot opens by reminding us of the tragic death of Nadav and Avihu, Aaron\u2019s sons, \u201cwhen they drew too close to the presence of the Lord (Lev 16:1).\u201d \u00a0In the light of their offering an alien fire, and themselves being consumed, Aaron is instructed \u201cnot to approach at will (16:2).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is too easy to wear our intimacy with God as a badge of superiority, an adornment that inflames our egos rather than serving our spirit. To come and go at will highlights the vigilance needed to combat our own self-absorption. Our insecurity, vanity, and narcissism can hide behind the loftiest of religious sentiment if we don\u2019t stand on guard.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So our Torah warns us: strive to grow closer to the holy, by all means. Do it through deeds of righteousness, through hallowed paths of observance and mindful practice, through prayer and contemplation, through tzedakah and justice. But know that ego lurks just behind the door, crouching and ready to pounce.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is such a thing as too close, too much. Be on guard.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"There is Such a Thing as \u201cToo Close\u201d","tile_main_caption":"Ego can drive us to searching for the wrong sort of intimacy or transcendence: Our insecurity, vanity, and narcissism can hide behind the loftiest of religious sentiment","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"106","date":"20260125","wall_id":"106"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"370","name":"Divine\/human","old_id":"770"},{"term_id":"384","name":"God","old_id":"784"},{"term_id":"533","name":"Ego","old_id":"933"}]},{"order":10,"id":"45336","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"To Sacrifice Publicly, While Mourning Privately ","post_title":"To Sacrifice Publicly, While Mourning Privately","slug":"to-sacrifice-publicly-while-mourning-privately","old_id":"45336","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36423,"post_title":"Ari Hoffman","slug":"ari-hoffman","old_id":"36423","first_name":"Ari ","last_name":"Hoffman","description":"Ari Hoffman is a columnist for the Forward, where he writes about politics and culture. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at N.Y.U., and his writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Tablet Magazine, The New York Observer, and a range of other publications. He holds a doctorate in English Literature from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.\r\n","short_description":"Ari Hoffman is a columnist for the Forward, where he writes about politics and culture, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at N.Y.U.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":36424,"alt":"","title":"Ari Hoffman","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400.jpg","width":1044,"height":1438,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-218x300.jpg","medium-width":218,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-743x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":743,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-743x1024.jpg","large-width":743,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400.jpg","1536x1536-width":1044,"1536x1536-height":1438,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400.jpg","2048x2048-width":1044,"2048x2048-height":1438,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-871x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":871,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ari-Hoffman-e1532985000400-305x420.jpg","home_baner-width":305,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"106","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Even incense fails to mask the stench of our own mortality","post_main_content_content":"

There is a wonderfully horrifying poem by Elizabeth Bishop entitled One Art, where she off-handedly and devastatingly remarks \u201cthe art of losing is not hard to master.\u201d The point is this; it is a quirk of the economy of our language that we use the same word in drastically different circumstances. \u2018Lose\u2019 does such awkward double duty, as we can lose our keys, our boarding pass, or our parents. Every act of loss, no matter how trivial, carries in its sense of shame and frustration tremors of larger losses; of Eden, of worlds lost and yet to come, of a sense of purpose, of the hope that the world might stun us with its prodigious beauty not just one day, but every day. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In fact, grief often has this doubled element, as well. As Elaine Scarry notes in her essential book <\/span>The Body in Pain<\/span><\/em>, suffering can feel like the most visceral thing, lodged in bloods and bone, or the greatest abstraction, an ambient breeze. It has given rise to the most howling art the world has known but seems to live in gaps and silences and speak in muffled tones and the scuffling of chairs at a <\/span>shiva<\/em> <\/span>house. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today\u2019s chapter links Aaron\u2019s grief at the death of his sons with the religious and civic service of <\/span>Yom Kippur<\/em> <\/span>a transition that is also a thesis. We are all of us centaurs, hybrids of the public and private, required to sacrifice publicly and mourn privately, exchanging sons for bulls and the Wilderness for God, even when we feel neither holy nor sacred, but wild and unredeemed, and even incense fails to mask the stench of our own mortality. We don\u2019t know if Aaron was comforted or contorted by his role- perhaps a little bit of both. 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In the beginning of Leviticus Chapter 16, after the death of Aaron\u2019s two sons, God tells Moses that Aaron is not, at all times, to enter the place of holiness \u201cbehind the curtain, in front of the cover that is upon the ark, lest he die; for I appear in the cloud over the cover\u201d (verse 2). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>kapporet<\/span><\/em>, the cover of the Ark of the Covenant, is also referred to, in some English translations, as the \u201cMercy-Seat\u201d, being the exact place on which the <\/span>Shekhinah<\/span><\/em>, the Presence of God, descended. On this verse, the Zohar (III 59a) elaborates with a spectacular show of sight and sound: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2018Over the Cover of the Ark\u2019 was also the place where the Cherubim dwelt. Three times a day a miracle took place with their wings. When the \u2018Holiness of the King\u2019 descended upon the Cherubim, of their own accord, they lifted their wings and spread them out to just barely cover the kapporet<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Then they would fold their wings and stand upright, rejoicing in the Shekhinah<\/em>. Rabbi Abba asked: \u201cWhat are we to understand \u2018for I (God) appear in the cloud over the cover\u2019? In the next verse is written \u201cOn this (i.e. only on the Day of Atonement) Aaron shall come into the place of holiness\u201d (Leviticus 16:3).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The high priest did not actually see the divine presence when he entered the sanctuary. Rather, a cloud came down, and when it settled on the kapporet<\/em>, the Cherubim would beat their wings together and burst into song. And what did they sing? \u2018For the Lord is great and much acclaimed, He is held in awe by all divine beings\u2019 (Psalms 96:4); this was when they raised their wings. And when they spread out their wings, they sang: \u2018All the gods of the peoples are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens\u2019 (verse 5). And when they covered the kapporet<\/em>, <\/i>they sang: \u201c\u2026at the presence of the Lord, for He is coming to rule the earth; He will rule the world justly, and its peoples with equity [be-mesharim<\/em>]\u2019 (Psalms 98:9)...<\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Yose said: \u201cThe word mesharim <\/em>is plural (literally \u201cequals\u201d) indicating that the Cherubim were both male and female\u201d. Rabbi Isaac said: \u201cFrom this we learn that only where there are both male and female, can the face of the Shekhinah <\/em>be seen\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\r\n

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Forgiveness and atonement, how to make our wrongs right, are the main themes of this parsha, which is called Acharei Mot. We learn all about using offerings \u2013 animals \u2013 to help Bnei Israel be free of their mistakes and regrets. To learn more with Amy Martin, download the newest Interactive Parsha Experience.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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After a death, there are changes.\u00a0 Small things that take getting used to, adjustments to the emptiness of not having a person in our lives where they once were.\u00a0Thinking about whether if there were some way in which had things been different, that person might still be alive.\u00a0Acharei Mot, has instructions for us in the aftermath of the tragic death of Aaron\u2019s two sons Nadav and Avihu.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The main topic of the first part of the portion is instructions for the priest on Yom Kippur.\u00a0The priest takes two goats and draws lots over them.\u00a0One goat is sacrificed to God, and the other sent out alive to the desert, to a place called Azazel (16:8-10). The two animals had been the same and yet by lottery they are chosen for entirely different roles.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

For Aaron, still grieving his sons, all these instructions are filtered through the lens of his grief.\u00a0His central ritual is to lay his hands upon the living goat and \u201cconfess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites\u201d (16:21).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Why is the confession only over the living goat?\u00a0 And why the necessity for verbal confession?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

In any list of how to repent, verbal confession is key to making a change.\u00a0Yom Kippur and its rituals are for the living, a chance to assess our deeds once a year, and try to repair that which we feel we can improve.<\/p>\r\n

I am writing this in Israel on Yom Hashoah<\/em>, Holocaust Remembrance Day.\u00a0Essentially, the entire Jewish people in the post Holocaust era, are living in a state of \"after the death.\"\u00a0 And yet, being in a country where Jews are \u201ca free people in our own land\u201d in the words of Hatikvah<\/em>, seems a worthy response to these tragic deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The juxtaposition of the Yom Kippur ritual with the reminder of the loss of Aaron\u2019s sons serves to show that the living can change their words and actions, can be empowered to atone and lead lives more filled with goodness. It is an appropriate way to honor Nadav and Avihu, to create change in the lives of those remaining.<\/p>\r\n

Chapter 18:5 states: \"You shall keep My laws and My rules, by the pursuit of which man shall live: I am the LORD.\" I attended a Zikaron Basalon<\/a> last night where Professor Livia Bitton-Jackson\u00a0 told her story of survival.\u00a0When asked what the key to her survival was, she said reciting the verse which connects to her Hebrew name Leah, that opens with \u201clamed\u201d and closes with \u201cheh.\u201d The verse, Psalms 118:17 is \u201cI will not die but live and I will tell the deeds of God.\u201d\u00a0She recited it to herself at times when she needed to find strength.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

So too, this portion, which instructs us to confess our stories and become better so that we as a people can live and tell the deeds of God, gives us strength in the face of those who seek to harm us as individuals and as a people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":52313,"alt":"","title":"dt32-change","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Parashat Acharei Mot 5779","tile_main_caption":"After Death","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The living can change their words and actions, can be empowered to atone and lead lives more filled with goodness","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":52313,"alt":"","title":"dt32-change","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Joshua","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1042"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"368","name":"Parasha","old_id":"768"},{"term_id":"552","name":"Change","old_id":"952"}]},{"order":15,"id":"73960","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"Aharei Mot: The Scapegoat And The Other One ","post_title":"Aharei Mot: The Scapegoat And The Other One","slug":"aharei-mot-the-scapegoat-and-the-other-one","old_id":"73960","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":46171,"post_title":"Avner Moriah","slug":"avner-moriah","old_id":"46171","first_name":"Avner ","last_name":"Moriah ","description":"Avner Moriah is a prolific Israel artist who has addressed a wide range of Jewish and Israeli themes during the four decades of his artistic journey. 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Parashat Aharei Mot <\/em>(\"After the Death\"), which details the Yom Kippur priestly rituals, opens: \u201cThe Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, who died when they drew too close to the presence of the Lord\u201d (Lev. 16:1). 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>\r\n

Avner Moriah\u2019s painting for this 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>\r\n

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>\r\n

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>\r\n

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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Parshat Acharei Mot describes the service of the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. It was a dramatic and highly charged ritual during which he cast lots on two identical goats, one of which was offered as a sacrifice while the other was sent into the wilderness to die, the so-called \u201cscapegoat.\u201d The entry of the High Priest into the Holy of Holies marked the spiritual high-point of the Jewish year.\u00a0 The parsha also outlines further prohibitions against eating blood, and the laws of forbidden relationships, both of them aspects of the life of purity God asks of the Jewish people.<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAnd Aaron shall place both his hands on the head of the scapegoat and confess upon it all the sins of the Children of Israel and all their crimes, whatever their transgressions; they will be put on the head of the scapegoat, which will be sent off to the desert in the hands of the executioner.\u201d \u00a0(Leviticus 16:21)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Bright crimson ribbons tied between his horns,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A clanking, clinking bell around his neck,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>His back bedecked with ornaments of silk \u2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why did the priest place hands upon my head,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Then trembling shout a list of sins and crimes?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

I bet I know:<\/span> they want to crown me king,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

A wise and noble king who never dies.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

An orchestra of Levites play their flutes,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Their golden harps, their ten-stringed lutes, their drums,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Their silver trumpets as he is taken out \u2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why I alone am sent to Azazel?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

And who or what the hell is 'Azazel'?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

I bet I know: they think I am an angel,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

A pure, immortal angel full of grace.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Out of the Temple precinct packed with crowds,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And out the narrow lanes of Jerusalem,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And out Damascus Gate, toward desert cliffs \u2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why am I brought here to this mountain peak?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Why rip the crimson ribbons from my horns?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

I bet I know: they wish to worship me,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cWhat is Holiness?\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Elisheva Urbas: Explore different meanings of the term in Jewish sources. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cDeath and Renewal\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Daniel Septimus: On tragedy, hope and resurrection. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. After the death (<\/span>acharei mot)<\/span><\/em>. <\/em>What\u2019s the connection? Verse 1 connects this chapter to the death of Aaron\u2019s two sons, and no by coincidence. The sons of Aaron died \u201cwhen they drew too close to the presence of the LORD.\u201d This chapter will explain how Aaron can come to the sanctuary, and even bring incense, etc. - and \u201cnot die.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Special collection.<\/em> The special work in the sanctuary for his special day were done in special sacral vestments, which were more modest than his usual priestly garb (4). When the special service is over, the high priest returns to his regular uniform (23-24).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Alone in the dark<\/em>. \u201cWhen he goes in to make expiation in the Shrine, nobody else shall be in the Tent of Meeting until he comes out. [He shall] make expiation for himself and his household, and for the whole congregation of Israel\u201d (verse 17).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. What or where is azazel<\/em>? <\/em>Good question! Is it the name of a place? The name of some sort of demonic creature that symbolizes forces of evil and impurity? Either way, the ceremony expresses the distinction between holiness and impurity, and sends the sins as far away as possible.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Leviticus 16","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"106","date":"20260125","wall_id":"106"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/45292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}