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Sforno on Leviticus 10:6/ספורנו על ויקרא י׳:ו׳
ארָאשֵׁיכֶם אַל תִּפְרָעוּ. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיוּ הַמֵּתִים מֵהַקְּרוֹבִים שֶׁמִּטַּמֵּא לָהֶם כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, הֶחְמִיר עַל אֵלֶּה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיוּ מְשׁוּחִין, כְּאָמְרוֹ ״כִּי שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת ה׳ עֲלֵיכֶם״ (ויקרא י:ז).
1ראשיכם אל תפרעו, even though these dead belonged to the category of near relatives for whom even priests observe mourning rites, in this instance the law was applied in its entire severity seeing that these priests had been anointed with the holy oil of anointing. The Torah had spelled this out, writing כי שמם משחת ה' עליכם, “for you (pl) have been anointed with G’d’s holy oil.” (verse 7).
בכָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ. שֶׁחָסְרוּ שְׁנֵי צַדִּיקִים וּגְדוֹלִים, וּבְכֵן לֹא יִגָּרַע יְקָרָא דְשַׁכְבֵי.
2כל בית ישראל יבכו, for two outstanding righteous people had been removed from them. They would therefore not be denied the eulogies due to the deceased (Sanhedrin 46)