Parashat Shemini (The Eighth Day)
There are not many places where Moses makes mistakes in the Torah
but even though he is a human being, a special one, Moses made mistakes.
Moses got upset with Aaron’s sons and it looks like they were
right…
We always try to put some make up on the mistakes of great people
to make them look better, but the Torah in this section presents Aaron
correcting Moses his brother.
In Leviticus 10:19-20, “Look,” Aaron said to Moses, “today they (Eleazar and Itamar) offered
their purification offerings and their entirely burned offerings before the Lord, but these things still happened to
me! Would the Lord have approved if I had eaten a
purification offering today?” 20 When
Moses heard that, he approved (he was satisfied).
Here we see Moses’
greatness. He not only accepted his mistake, but he first listened to his
brother.
How many times we fail
not only by accepting that others are right, but we also fail by not even
listening to others…
In memory of my beloved mother and teacher Miriam Rachel bat
Israel Itzchak Z"L
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