Shnayim Yomi - Shemini - R'vi'i - #4 - Rabbi Yosef Palacci - Serving Even in Onenut

Parshat Tetzaveh, well done Aliyah D'revi'i. It's more down that it is a halacha of onen. Do you ever hear what an onen is? There's an avel and there's onen. The difference is is onen is a person whose one of his seven close relatives passed away and they did not bury him. They did not bury him yet. He's called an onen. Now once they do the burial and things like that, then it's an avel. He starts the avelut, the mourning. The difference is there's a lot of laws that an onen, mitzvot, that he cannot do cuz he's busy with one of his closest relatives that passed away. And one of those laws is if you're a kohen, you couldn't do the avodah. You couldn't give a korban. You couldn't you couldn't do it because the mind we want you to be focused and we're scared you might not be focused. However, this aliyah teaches us there was an exception to this rule. They have to understand. Nadav and Avihu passed away. Elazar and Itamar were their brothers. And even though they were onenim, the brothers Elazar and Itamar, they were still allowed to continue bringing the korbanot to Hashem. Yes, this is a very big chiddush. They were able to continue doing it. It's a It's a It's a continue a lot of continue. Now kohen gadol doesn't doesn't doesn't need this rule cuz kohen gadol is allowed to. But the kohanim of Nadav and Avihu, of course Aaron was allowed to, he was kohen gadol. Kohen gadol But Avihu, even so, Hakadosh Baruch Hu says, "You know what? Go ahead and do it." And this was again an exception to the rule. Today was a great day, the the the the the inauguration of of the of the Mishkan. That was the extra chiddush that was given to Elazar and Itamar.