Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Beit Hamikdash,  Birchas Kohanim,  Kiddush Hashem 

Machshava:

Ramban,  Reward and Punishment,  Spirituality,  Tefillah 

Parsha:

Shemini 

Personalities:

Ramban 

Description

This shiur will explore the episode of the death of Nadav & Avihu who brought a "foreign fire" on the alter on the very day of the dedication of the Mishkan. Was their death a punishment or a natural consequence? And if the sons of Aaron sinned, what was the nature of their sin? Is man permitted to break new ground and develop his own program the goal of which is to achieve "dveikus"?