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Dvar Torah · Rav Mordechai Burg

Parshas Shmini – Consumed By A Strange Fire

Jan 7, 2021

This article was written in merit of my grandmother Sarah bas Asher z"l who passed away Erev Shvii Shel Pesach at the age of 90 years old from the Corona Virus. Grandma Sarah was a truly righteous woman. She was an exceptional baalas middos, totally devoted to her family in every way, and embodied the spirit of what it means to be a simple Jew. She was my role model in every sense of the word. I am confident that she will be a Meilitz Yosher for her family and for Klal Yisrael in these difficult times. May her memory be a blessing. וַיִּקְח֣וּ בְנֵי־אַֽ֠הֲרֹ֠ן נָדָ֨ב וַֽאֲבִיה֜וּא אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ בָהֵן֙ אֵ֔שׁ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עָלֶ֖יהָ קְטֹ֑רֶת וַיַּקְרִ֜יבוּ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֵ֣שׁ זָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א צִוָּ֖ה אֹתָֽם: וַתֵּ֥צֵא אֵ֛שׁ מִלִּפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה וַתֹּ֣אכַל אוֹתָ֑ם וַיָּמֻ֖תוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה: "And Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his pan, put fire in them, and placed incense upon it, and they brought before the Lord foreign fire, which He had not commanded them.And fire went forth from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. " (Vayikra 10:1,2) One year after Klal Yisrael had been redeemed from Mitzrayim, on the first of Nissan 2449, the Mishkan was finally ready to be built. Five parshios in the Torah (Terumah, Teztaveh, Ki Tisa, Vayakhel and Pekudei) dealt with the building plans for the Mishkan and two more parshios (Vayikra and Tzav) dealt with the korbanos that would be brought in the Mishkan. In the past year, Klal

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