Derasha 1 on Acharei Mos 16:01

Parashas Acharei Mos · Passuk 16:01

The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י מ֔וֹת שְׁנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן בְּקׇרְבָתָ֥ם לִפְנֵי־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיָּמֻֽתוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim / classical source on kapparah of the righteous.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, לָמָּה הוּא מַזְכִּיר מִיתָתָן בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁכְּשֵׁם שֶׁיּוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מְכַפֵּר עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּךְ מִיתָתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים מְכַפֶּרֶת עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

English: Why mention their death with Yom Kippur? To teach that just as Yom Kippur atones for Israel, so the death of the righteous atones for Israel.

Type of Learning

Death of the righteous as kapparah

What Is Learned

The Torah links the death of Aharon’s sons to the Yom Kippur service to teach that the death of the righteous effects kapparah for Israel.