“Aharon will assemble it [the menorah] from evening to morning …” (Vayikra 24:3)
From Aharon HaKohein we learn the obligation to safeguard our children. In his commentary on the pasuk “Aharon will assemble it from evening to morning” the Baal HaTurim compares these words to a similar pasuk in Parshas Tetzaveh: “Aharon and his sons will assemble it.” Why does the pasuk in our parshah only refer to Aharon whereas the pasuk in Tetzaveh mentions his sons as well? His answer is astounding:
“After the death of Nadav and Avihu Aharon did not allow his other sons to enter the heichal alone; rather he would accompany them.”
How are we to interpret his lofty actions? These were no ordinary youths — they were the sons of Aharon HaKohein exalted tzaddikim in their own right — yet Aharon still saw fit to keep them close to him and forbid them from performing Hashem’s service on their own.
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