כִּֽי־חָ֥לָֽה לְט֖וֹב יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת מָר֑וֹת כִּֽי־יָ֤רַד רָע֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְשַׁ֖עַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
L'abitante di Marot si contorce nel dolore per il bene perduto, poiché la sventura è scesa dal Signore fino alla porta di Gerusalemme.
Sha'arei Orah
Know that throughout the Torah this quality is called Good-Tov-טוב. The sign for this is the verse,48Isaiah 3:10 “Say of the righteous-Tzaddik-צדיק that he is good-Tov-טוב.” We now must awaken you to a certain matter. Know that all the influence that is drawn from the upper Sefirot above, all act in a way of goodness and wholeness. Even if judgment-Din-דין comes down to the world through the quality of fear-Pachad-פחד and might-Gevurah-גבורה, if it comes through the Righteous-Tzaddik-צדיק, it all comes in a way of complete goodness. That is, whatever bad happens, is only for the good of the person affected by it. This is because it comes to him through the agency of the Righteous-Tzaddik-צדיק and is all for the good. This is the meaning of the statement of our sages, of blessed memory,49Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 51:3, Tikkunei Zohar 41:2 “Nothing bad descends from heaven.” If so, what is the meaning of the verse,50Michah 1:12 “But bad came down from before HaShem-יהו"ה”?