Please resist the temptation to moralize about the main narrative in our Torah portion, Shemini. Two young men meet a sudden, tragic and horrific death in our Torah portion. They are burnt alive in ...

This week we read about the very tragic death of Nadav and Avihu. When reading the pesukim (verses), the Torah seems to explain quite clearly that what they did wrong was bring a "foreign fire" - esh ...

Parshat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; II Samuel 6:1-7:17. Parshat Shemini, the Torah portion following Passover, marks a pivotal moment: Moses and Aaron offer the first communal sacrifice on behalf of ...

Two young men meet a sudden, tragic death in our Torah portion. The scene is described tersely: Now Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and ...