AZAMRA UNIVERSAL TORAH: ACHAREI MOS - KEDOSHIM By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
AZAMRA UNIVERSAL TORAH: ACHAREI MOS - KEDOSHIM By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum On Shabbat April 29 we this year read the double portion of ACHAREI MOS and KEDOSHIM. UNIVERSAL TORAH: ACHAREI MOS By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas ACHAREI MOS, Leviticus 16:1-18:30 AFTER THE DEATH OF AARON'S TWO SONS Our parshah, ACHAREI MOS, introduces the account of the awesome service of the High Priest on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, by noting that this parshah was given to Moses AFTER -- in the light of -- the death of Aaron's two sons when they offered "strange fire" inside the Sanctuary. Nadav and Avihu wanted to redeem the entire world and bring it to G-d in an instant -- but they themselves were consumed by G-d's jealous fire. Their endeavor was in the realm of excess. There is an evil in the world th...