LEV94 It was taught: Fortunate are the righteous. Not only do they bring merit unto themselves, but also to their sons and to the sons of their sons, until the end of all generations. For Aaron had several sons who would have deserved to be burned, as Nadav and Avihu, is being written: "his remaining sons", but the merit of their fathers saved them (Yoma 87a).
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