Leviticus 10: It's Ok to Cry

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jan 15, 2026 · 2m

“וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבְגָדֵיכֶם לֹא תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל־כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂרַף ה׳” (ויקרא י׳:ו׳).

“And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, ‘Do not bare your heads and do not rend your clothes, lest you die and anger strike the whole community. But your kin, all the house of Israel, shall bewail the fire that ה׳ has wrought’” (verse 6).

Why does Moshe say that the people will weep? דעת זקנים reads this as Moshe providing…