Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Shmini

This week's Torah portion is troubling . In it , the two oldest sons of Aaron die in Divine fashion,
as they are punished for offering a strange fire that G-D hadn't commanded to offer in the Tabernacle.
They were quite young . However, they were too bold in wanting to partake of the Divine Service and their punishment was to be consumed by a Divine fire. This seems so unfair. Aaron, their father , had just been installed as the High Priest and the Priesthood was given only to his family forever. On the very first day of his ascendancy to this lofty and eternal office , he loses his most precious children!
On the Kaballistic level, the two sons of Aaron are really the reincarnation of Adam . They came back in order to correct Adam's misdeed, known as original sin. Without going into details, Adam
coveted that which was forbidden to him and took without permission. Had Nadav and Avihu followed the Priesthood orders faithfully , they would have corrected Adam's sin and perhaps death would have gone forever. By taking a service that wasn't for them yet , they failed in their life's major mission and were recalled .
Sometime, somewhere a child is born with great spiritual potential . He or she just might be Adam or Eve coming back. It might even be you . So, lets follow the rules!

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