Acharei-Kedoshim - When the Good Suffer

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The opening of this shiur, in Parsha Podcast with Ari Goldwag’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

You're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Goldwag, recorded with the show's never-ending assistance in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, 5785 2025. This week's parsha is parsha Acharei Mot and Kedoshim. And I must say that when we get to Acharei Mot, I'm excited. It is my bar mitzvah parsha. And it has the entire avodah. It has the order of the service of the high priest of the Kohain Gadol on Yom Kippur. The holiest day of the year, the holiest person in Am Yisrael acting on holiest person in Am Yisrael acting on behalf of Am Yisrael to get atonement, to get forgiveness. Am Yisrael gets forgiveness inside of the Kodesh Hakodashim, the Holy of Holies through the efforts of the avodah, the order of the service of the Kohain Gadol. And our parsha starts off with a very interesting introduction. And it tells us The introduction to the entire Seder Avodah, which is where Hashem is going to instruct Aaron exactly how to go about a mitzvah which is not even going to happen for another 6 months, right? The story that we're talking about here, the events that we're chronicling are happening in Nissan when the when the Mishkan was put up. And the death of Nadav and Avihu happened in Nissan on the first day of Nissan. Yom Kippur is not going to be for another 6 months. But for some reason, the introduction to

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4. 9:21The first midrash in the parsha says Rebbe Shimon pasuk Rebbe Shimon, he gave us a…
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6. 16:01Measure says he was called good because he was born circumcised. He didn't need a removal…
7. 19:12Measure seems to be saying a question, how could it be? It's not going to answer…
8. 22:17He eulogized and he wailed sad songs about the loss of someone who could have been…
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10. 28:29They just died. Moshe and Aaron, Hakadosh Baruch Hu tells them as they're about to enter…

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