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Why did Hashem judge Nadav and Avihu with strict judgment, when He
could have judged them more leniently? Chazal give several reasons for
this. Even though their intentions were for the sake of Heaven, they
exceeded their limit of sin and deserved to die. Hashem chose to punish
them with death specifically on the eighth day, in order to transmit the
message that He would not remove His Shechinah from Am Yisrael again.
Instead, if a person would sin, he would ultimately pay for his deeds.
However, we might still wonder why Hashem did not spare their lives.
We are taught that anyone who accuses Nadav and Avihu for sinning is
mistaken. If we were to suggest that they exceeded their limit of sin, why
did Moshe and Aharon not admonish them? Moreover, why did Hashem
not punish them immediately after their first sin of speaking
disrespectfully about Moshe and Aharon, as He punished Miriam, in order
that they should not exceed their limit of sin and deserve death?

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