Hasidut untuk Yeremia 15:19

And this is as the Scripture states "beyond the river dwelt your ancestors from olden times; Terach, the father of Avraham" (Yehoshua 24:2). That is to say, Terach the father of Avraham, his dwelling and his level was in the attribute of "beyond the river", which is, the second side of the river, to perform evil deeds [chasadim hara'im] in the world. "But I took your father Avraham from beyond the river" (Yehoshua 24:3) - from that level itself of "beyond the river" I took Avraham, to the other, opposite side: to do and to increase good deeds in the world [chasadim tovim]. And this is a great and wondrous level, the attribute of one who is forgiving [lit. "passes over their traits"], who the Sages of blessed memory praised (Ta'anit 25b:5). Since They took evil attributes and reversed their attributes to be made into good attributes, regarding this the Scripture says (Yirmiyahu 15:19) "If you produce what is noble out of the worthless, you shall be like My mouth". And our Sages of blessed memory said (Bava Metzia 85a) that even if the Holy Blessed One decrees a decree, They will nullify it for the sake of such a one. And behold, our sages of blessed memory said, blood is spoiled up and made into milk (Niddah 9a), as it is said "Who will make pure from impure?" (Iyov 14:4). And they explained it, that the impure blood alone, it itself is spoiled and made into pure milk. Regarding this it says "Who will make pure from impure?" -- like Avraham from Terach, from the impurity of Terach, Terach himself who was accustomed to do evil deeds in the world and to make known matters of idolatry, how to serve every different idol: from this impurity itself Avraham reversed and made it pure, and taught the people the ways of God and converted the converts, as it is said!

However, the second kind of Tzaddik produces fruit, as indicated by the words, “He flourishes like the date-palm.” In other words, “he brings an honorable person out from a glutton,”²⁰⁷Jeremiah 15:19 increasing goodness in the world and causing it to flourish. About this kind of Tzaddik our sages, of blessed memory, stated,²⁰⁸Talmud Bavli, Brachot 34b “In the place where penitents (Baalei Teshuvah) stand, even the perfectly righteous cannot stand.” In other words, this kind of Tzaddik is called a “Master of Repentance – Ba’al Teshuvah. The term master-Ba’al-בעל means that he has mastered repentance and returns the multitudes to goodness, distancing them from sin, and he thus brings about repentance in the world at large. Even though the first kind of Tzaddik receives great reward, the reward of this second kind of Tzaddik is doubled and quadrupled to a far greater degree.