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In our chapter, the Prophet Malachi continues to lambast the corruption of the priesthood in his day, after the rededication of the Temple in 516\/5 BCE. However, God also seeks to reestablish His covenant with the Levitical descendants of Aaron:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKnow, then, that I have sent this charge to you that My covenant with Levi may endure\u2014said the Lord of Hosts. I had with him a covenant of life and peace, which I gave to him, and of reverence, which he showed Me. For he stood in awe of My name. Proper rulings were in his mouth, and nothing perverse was on his lips. He served Me with complete loyalty and held the many back from iniquity. For the lips of a priest guard knowledge, and men seek rulings from his mouth. For he is a messenger of the Lord of Hosts\u201d (4-7).<\/span><\/p>\n

The early Midrash on Leviticus, Sifra (<\/span>Shemini, Mechilta d’Miluim 2<\/span><\/a>) notes that when Aaron died:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll the house of Israel bewailed Aaron thirty days\u201d (Numbers 20:29)\u2026<\/span>
\n<\/span>For Aaron never told a man or a woman: You have offended\u2026 And so, Scripture says of Aaron: \u201cI had with him a covenant of life and peace\u201d (Malachi 2:5). Indeed, Aaron was known as a lover and pursuer of peace (see<\/span> Avot 1:12<\/span><\/a>). Moreover, of Aaron it goes on to say: \u201cHe stood in awe of My name\u201d (Malachi 2:5) — he took upon himself all the words of Torah in awe and trembling and trepidation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Midrash Tanhuma Pinchas 1 employs Malachi\u2019s charge to the priest of his day concerning the \u201ccovenant of life and peace\u201d to expand on the importance of peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBehold, I grant My covenant of peace\u201d (Numbers 25:12). Great is peace, for the world cannot function except through peace. The Torah is entirely peace, as it says: \u201cHer ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace\u201d (Proverbs 3:17).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If someone comes from a journey, we ask \u201cregarding his peace\u201d [<\/span>shoalin lo shalom<\/span><\/em>]. Similarly, in the conclusion of the Morning Prayer, we ask for peace [<\/span>Sim Shalom <\/span><\/em>\u2013 <\/span><\/i>\u201cGrant peace\u201d]. And in the conclusion of the Evening Prayer, we ask for peace [<\/span>Shalom Rav <\/span><\/em>\u2013 <\/span><\/i>\u201cAbundant peace\u201d]. Moreover, we conclude the <\/span>Shema<\/em> <\/span>blessing by mentioning peace, at the end of the <\/span>Hashkivenu<\/span><\/em> prayer: Blessed are You, O Lord, who spreads the shelter of peace upon us\u2026\u201d. We also conclude the <\/span>Shemoneh Esrei<\/span><\/em> Prayer by again mentioning peace, \u201c[God] Who blesses His people Israel with peace\u201d. About peace it says: \u201cBehold, I grant My covenant of peace\u201d (Numbers 25:12) \u2013 indicating that into the future peace will continue to flourish. For it says: \u201cI had with him a covenant of life and peace\u201d (Malachi 2:5). And of this covenant of peace it says: \u201cIt shall be for him and his descendants after him a pact of priesthood for all time…\u201d (Numbers 25:13).<\/span><\/p>\n

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