Aharon’s Argument with the Malach Hamaves
About this episode
This episode discusses Aharon's argument with the Malach Hamaves regarding the use of ketores to stop a plague among the Jews, as described in Rashi's commentary.
Parshas Korach: When the plague threatened to wipe out the Jews, Moshe instructed Aharon to muse the ketores to stop it - a secret Moshe learned from the Malach Hamaves. Rashi (Bamidbar 17:13) describes the argument between Aharon and the Malach Hamaves about stopping the mageifa. This Rashi provides a good example of a midrash creating a story that elaborates on ideas that are implicit in the pesukim.
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