Moshe thoroughly investigated concerning the sin offering and it had been burnt. So he was angry with Elazar and Isamar, Aharon’s surviving sons (Vayikra 10:16)

Two of Aharon’s sons die, but Moshe tells Aharon and his remaining sons that they are still required to eat the karbonos (offerings) that were brought that day. Moshe finds out later that a karbon had been completely burned. The Torah tells us that Moshe makes an inquiry and according to Rashi, he made two inquiries, and found out that the karbon was not eaten like he commanded them. Moshe becomes angry and speaks harshly to Aharon’s sons. Aharon responded to Moshe with the reason why he burned the karbon instead of eating it and Moshe stated that he now understood what happened. Moshe agrees that what Aharon and his sons did was proper.

This account teaches us an important lesson in life: sometimes we see something and become angry. Sometimes, we even make inquiries and afterwards when we see that someone else did something wrong, we become angry. Either way, we must remember what the Torah tells us in this week’s parsha. Moshe made inquiries and found that Aharon and his sons did not listen to him. He became angry… but in the end he saw that what they did was proper. There was no reason for him to become angry.

Imagine the following scene – one morning, you see a car weaving in and out on the highway and cutting off many other drivers. Why is this person driving this way? You sneak a quick peak inside the car at the driver and see that it is someone you know from your shul (we’ll call him Yehuda). You start to call him names that cannot be repeated here and become angry. During the entire day you are bothered by this event. You go to shul that night and see the same car that was weaving that morning. Suddenly, Yehuda walks out of the car. You start to walk to him to give him a piece of your mind, when you notice on his left wrist there is a wristband that patients in a hospital wear. You realize that he just had a baby — and then you understand why he was driving the way he was this morning; he needed to rush his wife to the hospital.

Sometimes we are so sure that the way we see things is the only way to see things. But there is more to every story.

Good Shabbos!
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