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.
There is a particular kind of self-destructive confidence that exists only at the very top of a brutal regime. It isn’t courage, and it certainly isn’t principle. It’s raw hubris,... Read More