Kabbalah Maleakhi 2:6: Sha'arei Kedusha, Ohr Ne'erav & Sha'arei Orah

Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁵⁹⁹Mishnah Avot 1:18 “The world stands on three things: On Justice, Truth and Peace.” It is written,⁶⁰⁰Psalms 15:1-2 “Who may sojourn in Your tent? One who speaks the truth in his heart.” That is, even when it comes to matters that he only thought in his heart, he must bring forth into action and actualize them truthfully, in accordance what our sages,⁶⁰¹Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 88a; Makkot 24a, and Rashi there, citing She’eltot d’Rav Acha (She’ilta 36) – The incident with Rav Safra is that he had placed an object for sale. A man came before him to purchase it when he was in the middle of reciting the Shema. The man named his price, but Rav Safra did not respond because he was in the middle of the Shema. The man thought that Rav Safra was not interested in selling it at that price, so he raised his purchase price. When Rav Safra concluded the Shema, he told the man that he would accept the original price, for that is the price that he was originally satisfied with. It is about him that the verse states (Psalms 15:2), “One who speaks the truth in his heart” is applied. of blessed memory, taught regarding the incident with Rav Safra. It is written,⁶⁰²Malachi 2:6 “The Torah of Truth was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips… for he is an angel of HaShem Tzva’ot-יהו״ה צבאו״ת.”

Therefore it is written, The Torah of truth was in his mouth (Mal. 2:6).

The Zohar at the beginning of Parshat Terumah, greatly lauds the praise of this mitzvah, stating,⁶⁹⁷Zohar II 128b “The righteous and meritorious must chase after the guilty and acquire them at full price, to remove the contamination of their sins from them, thus restraining and humbling the opposite of holiness (Sitra Achara). He must toil to repair the soul of the guilty, and this will be considered as if he created them. This brings praise to the glory of the Holy One, blessed is He, over and above all other praises and causes Him to be elevated more than anything else. Regarding this the verse states about Aharon,⁶⁹⁸Malachi 2:6 ‘He returned many from iniquity,’ and it is written,⁶⁹⁹Malachi 2:5 ‘My covenant was with him, life and peace; I gave these to him for the sake of the fear with which he feared Me, for he was in awe of My Name.’ Such a person is caused to be uplifted in three elevations, which other’s do not attain by virtue of the other mitzvot. About such a person the verse states,⁷⁰⁰Malachi 2:5 ibid. ‘My covenant was with him, life and peace,’ and he merits to see his children and children of his children. He is meritorious both in this world and the coming world. No accusing forces can judge him in this world, and he enters into the twelve portals of the firmament in the coming world, and none can restrain his hand. About him the verse states,⁷⁰¹Psalms 112:2-4 “His offspring will be mighty in the land, a generation of the upright who shall be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house and his righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness, light shines for the upright.’ The Holy One, blessed is He, blesses the form of such a righteous person with all seven blessings that He blessed Avraham with, when he did this and rectified the wicked of his generation. Such a person enters into the seven hidden worlds, which no one, except for those who do this and repair the souls of the guilty, merit. If only people would know the beneficence of such deeds and the merit they bring to the righteous-Tzaddikim for bringing merit to the guilty, they would pursue this as one pursues life itself.”