Parashat Shemini contains the death of Nadav and Avihu. The  standard question asks: why do they die? But we want to look at the context of story. What is going on on the eighth day? Why is there no mention of the eighth day in Shemot? What is the connection between deaths and eighth days? Is this eighth day a special command to atone for the Golden Calf, and are the deaths connected to the sin of the Golden Calf? How does each story inform the other?