1)

?Va'yamas Aharon Sham?. What happened in the cave?

1.

Rashi (in Pasuk 26): Moshe instructed him to enter the cave and to lie on the bed there that was prepared for him, to stretch out his arms close his mouth and shut his eyes. 1

1

Rashi: When Moshe expressed a desire to die in the same way, his request was granted, as the Pasuk indicates in Ha'azinu Devarim, 32:49.

2)

How did Aharon die?

1.

Rashi: He died with a kiss from Hashem. 1

1

Refer to 33:38: 1:1. See also Ba?al ha?Turim.

3)

Having already stated that Moshe removed Aharon's clothes ... as he was commanded, why doe the Torah repeat it here before informing us that Aharon died?

1.

Mo'ed Katan, 28a: In order to compare the death of Tzadikim to the Bigdei Kehunah inasmuch as it atones like the Bigdei Kehunah,. 1

1

See Torah Temimah in Pasuk 1, note 2.

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