The Recent Terrorist Attack in Be’er Sheva Didn’t Happen in a Vacuum
Not an angry young man, but a married adult with a steady income.
March 25, 2022
The Death of Aaron’s Sons and Judaism’s Divided View of Martyrdom
It is praiseworthy to die for God, but even better to live for Him.
This week’s Torah reading of Shmini describes the sacrifices and ceremonies with which Moses and the Israelites inaugurated the newly constructed Tabernacle. Amid this happy occasion, two sons of the high priest Aaron provoke God by bringing an “alien fire” before Him, and are immediately punished with supernatural immolation. Moses then tells the bereaved father—his own brother—that God has told him, “I sanctify Myself through those near to me, and I am glorified before all the people.” Thereafter, the same verse states, “Aaron was silent.”
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Academic Middle East Scholars Spent Two Decades Making Themselves Irrelevant
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The Death of Aaron’s Sons and Judaism’s Divided View of Martyrdom
It is praiseworthy to die for God, but even better to live for Him.
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