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"Hashem spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they approached before HaShem and they died" (Lev.16:1_ Midrash Tanachuma 9Vayikra 10) teaches in the name of Rabbi Chiya bar Abba that just as the day of Yom Kippur atones, SO THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS ATONES FOR THE GENERATION."