THE DEATH OF TWO PRIESTS
Rabbi Dunner discusses the very troubling episode of the death of Aharon HaKohen’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, at the dedication of Mishkan. He takes a kaleidoscopic tour through many different opinions, ending up with a difficult discussion as to why God chose to strike them down at all, if what they had done wrong was essentially not so bad after all.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) There is a particular quality to the voice of a man who has been trampled but refuses to be broken. I heard it this... Read More