“Who is this ascending…,” it is speaking of Elisheva daughter of Aminadav. They said: Elisheva daughter of Aminadav saw five celebrations on one day; she saw her brother-in-law become king,77Moses. her brother [become] a prince,78Naḥshon. her husband High Priest,79Aaron. and her two sons deputy High Priests, and Pinḥas, her grandson, the priest anointed for war. When her sons entered to sacrifice, they came out burnt, and her celebration was transformed to mourning.
Immediately she became like columns of smoke.80Blackened from her pain and grief. When Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon died, his generation would read in his regard: “Who is this ascending from the wilderness…from all the powders of the merchant.” What is “from all the powders of the merchant”? Rabbi Elazar bar Rabbi Shimon was an expert in Bible, Mishna, preaching, and composing ritual poetry.