'After the death of Aharon's two sons…' Torah does not skip the grief; it teaches us how to walk after it.
The parshah begins with a reminder of loss, then moves into the laws of Yom Kippur, the day of return. The proximity is deliberate: intimacy with mortality shapes serious spiritual life.
Yom Kippur asks us to live as if we have already faced our death, and to reorder ourselves accordingly.
This week, take one hour to consider your life from its far end. What would you change now that you would regret not changing?