Kohen Gadol on Yom Kippur

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1. The Significance of the Incense

   Rabbi Yehuda Rock

   This article analyzes the various appearances of the incense; apparently the incense signifies God's presence as a result of the sacrificial offerings. Why then did Nadav and Avihu die while offering incense? Why was the incense chosen to test kedusha and God's choice?

2. The Mysterious White Garments of Yom Kippur

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman

   Why does the Kohen Gadol don white garments during the Yom Kippur service? Does this symbolize a heightened spiritual quality or perhaps a lower status? Yom Kippur is seemingly a day of new beginnings. The Kohen, together with the rest of the mishkan, are restored to their status prior to donning the white garments so that he will be able to once again wear his priestly garments in sanctity and purity. 

3. The Death of Aaron's Sons, and the Priestly Service on Yom Kippur

   Rabbi Yair Kahn

   The Torah draws a substantive connection between the commandment concerning the priestly service on Yom Kippur and the death of Aharon's sons. By examining this connection in light of the sin of Aharon's sons and the sin of the Golden Calf, we can reach a deeper understanding of the significance of Yom Kippur and its service, and of standing before God. 

4. Atoning Before God

   Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot

5. Atonement for Nadav and Avihu's Sin

   Rabbi Yehuda Rock

6. Parashat Acharei Mot - Kedoshim - The Yom Kippur Teshuva Service

   Dr. Yael Ziegler | 33 minutes

   Parashat Acharei Mot is NOT about Yom HaKippurim, though the ritual described is to take place on that day. Rather, it is the avoda of teshuva, performed on the day seen as the culmination of the teshuva process. We will try to understand the idea behind the avoda of teshuva. What is the central feature of teshuva that takes place  in the Beit haMikdash, when the kohen determines that Israel is in need of some sort of avoda of teshuva? We look at the two types of teshuva in Rav Soloveichik's thought, ponder why there is a reference to the Nadav and Avihu story, and consider how one can ennoble a sinful past.
   
    

7. The Entry of the Kohen Gadol into the Kodesh Kodashim

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   Parashat Acharei-Mot begins with the procedure of the Kohen Gadol's entry into the Kodesh Kodashim. It is introduced with a warning to the Kohen Gadol lest he treat the occasion with less than the required awe and dignity. Then the Torah sets forth the way in which the Kohen Gadol is to enter: the sacrifices that he must bring for himself, the goats which he must take from Bnei Yisrael, the special garments that he is to wear, and a detailed order of service, including bringing a censer of burning coals with incense into the Kodesh Kodashim.

   What is the connection between the order of service as set forth here and the "death of the two sons of Aharon, when they drew near to God, and they died"? 

   Through an examination of the text, we can understand that the tikkun for the sin of Nadav and Avihu is the integration of the private religious experience of the Kohen Gadol with a sense of connection to the people and his identity and role as their emissary. The Kohen Gadol's right to enter the Kodesh Kodashim and to experience the uplifting and sanctity of this proximity to the Divine Presence arises not from his personal status, but rather from his role as the representative of Am Yisrael.