parsha bit: Sh'mini

[cellio]

In this week's portion two of Aharon's sons, Nadav and Avihu, bring an alien offering (eish zarah) to God and are killed. The rabbis offer many explanations. Rabbi Levi said that they were killed for their arrogance. According to him, they refused to marry and publicly proclaimed "our father's brother is a king, our mother's brother is a prince, our father is high priest, and we are deputy high priests. What women are good enough for us?" Because they arrogantly demeaned others, they were punished. (Leviticus Rabbah 20:10)

Comments

Re: meaning no disrespect

[cellio]

None taken. I'm sorry you're running into these problems; alas, I'm not too surprised. :-(

Re: meaning no disrespect

[nobble.livejournal.com]

Ahh, that's life. I suspect if I was in a more densely j-populated place things would be really different