Parashas Eikev · Passuk 10:6
From Beeroth-bene-jaakanaBeeroth-bene-jaakan Lit. “wells of Bene-jaakan”; cf. Num. 33.31–32. the Israelites marched to Moserah. Aharon died there and was buried there; and his son Eleazar became priest in his stead.
Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1.
TT lemma: שם מת אהרן (unit 2 of 2).
English: R’ Yudan bar Shalom said: Why did the Torah juxtapose Aharon’s death to the breaking of the tablets? To teach that the death of the righteous is as hard before the Holy One as the breaking of the tablets.
Custom (death of the righteous ≈ breaking of the tablets)
Loss of a tzaddik is weighed against the catastrophe of the shattered luchot.