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The word hints to the (130) worlds reserved for the righteous,
the Name of Hashem, and the (manna), which is the food of the
angels. A person who prepares himself to be a worthy vessel containing
the Shechinah merits all these rewards.

The parashah begins with the word , which denotes anguish. This is
because Am Yisrael sinned with the Golden Calf, and therefore the
Shechinah departed. When Hashem once again brought back His
Shechinah to reside among His people, it was necessary to take the
neshamot of the two tzaddikim, Nadav and Avihu, in order to impart to
them the lesson of strictly adhering to kedushah. Had Am Yisrael not
sinned, they would have entered Eretz Yisrael right away, and Moshe
Rabbeinu would have built them the Beit Hamikdash. All the pain and
anguish would have been averted.

The pasuk says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, to say to them.
Speak to the Children of Israel, saying.” The Kedushat Levi explains the
repetitive words “to say to them,” indicating that this is an allusion to the
future, when Hashem will speak with each and every Jew. We may not
eat impure animals, since it is inappropriate for mouths that are destined
to speak with Hashem to become defiled. This lesson is similarly learned
from Moshe, who did not want to nurse from an Egyptian woman.
In addition, the word (to them) hints to the Name of ,
which denotes the Attribute of Justice. A person who defiles himself
through eating forbidden foods is judged harshly and loses the privilege
of housing Hashem’s Shechinah. Likewise, he causes the letter to be
removed from the Name of . The letter alludes to the neshamah
of a person, since its source is from the Upper Worlds, which were created
with the letter . Since he blemishes his neshamah, the word of the pasuk
is written without the additional as .

The Chatam Sofer poses several questions. Why did Moshe Rabbeinu
serve as the Kohen Gadol during the seven days of the miluim and only