Rabbi Mordecai Finley: Parashat Shemini Aaron’s Silence
Rabbi Finley avoids any assessment of guilt in the narrative of Nadav and Avihu. As he reiterates, the Torah does not actually indicate why they…
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Rabbi Finley avoids any assessment of guilt in the narrative of Nadav and Avihu. As he reiterates, the Torah does not actually indicate why they…
Matthew Berkowitz cites Samson Raphael Hirsch, who wrote that Nadav and Avihu acted only an individual members of the nation, without consulting either Aaron or…