Va’yamas is singular, meaning, “and he died.” Concerning the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, the Torah should have written va’yamusu, “and they died.” K’motzei Shalal Rav cites the Zohar Ha’kadosh that teaches that Nadav and Avihu died a purely physical death. Their spiritual selves did not perish, but lived on. The Zohar supports this hypothesis with an anomaly in the text concerning Pinchas. The Torah states (Shemos 6:25) that Elazar HaKohen took a wife from the daughters of Putiel and Pinchas was born to them. The verse continues with the words, eileh roshei avos ha’Leviim, “These were the heads/leaders of the…
