It was supposed to be the greatest day of their lives. On the first day of the month of Nissan, Nadav and Avihu were installed as Kohanim, priests, in the Mishkan. On that very same day, the brothers were last seen entering the holiest parts of the Temple without permission.
“I saw them from a distance, and I couldn’t believe my eyes,” exclaimed eye-witness Harvey Hotzenplotz. “These two brothers were in ‘high spirits’ and could hardly walk a straight line, yet they entered the sacred Tabernacle carrying flaming Ketores-incense. Within moments, a fire swooped down from heaven and sucked up their souls! What a catastrophe!”
When asked for comment by TNS tragedy reporter Asher Ambulance-Chaser, Nadav and Avihu’s father, Aharon Hakohen, responded with silence.
