English: It was taught: R. Elazar said, why was Aharon’s death juxtaposed to the priestly garments? To teach you: just as the priestly garments atone, so the death of the righteous atones.
Type of Learning
Juxtaposition of death and bigdei kehunah.
What Is Learned
Aharon’s death, like the garments of the kehunah, effects kapparah.