"ועשית בגדי קדש לאהרן אחיך לכבוד ולתפארת"
[שמות כח:ב]
"And you shall make holy garments for Aharon, your brother, for honor and splendor" [Shemos 28:2]
The gemara in zevachim (88b) points out that the garments of the Kohein Gadol would actually atone for various transgressions that the Jewish people commited. How does Aharon's wearing of a garment atone for the sins of the people ? Particularly such glamorous garments - how do we know that Aharon was able to focus on this secondary motive of atonement - perhaps he was occupied with the Honor and Splendor bit ?
We see in the passuk Aharon's name is written in it's shortened form - to teach us that he saw himself in the diminutive. Regardless of the honor and splendor heaped upon him - he redirected it to where it belonged - to Hashem.
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