Part 3: Cleaning Up after Others

Oveir al pesha — He passes over transgression.” This is a great trait, as behold, the pardon is not through an emissary but rather actually through the Holy One, Blessed be He — as it is written (Tehillim 130:4), “For with You is forgiveness, etc.”

And what is that forgiveness? That He washes away the transgression, as it is written (Yeshayahu 4:4), “When the L-rd will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, etc.” And so too is it written (Yechezkel 36:25), “I will sprinkle upon you pure waters, etc.” And this is the meaning of “and passes over transgression” — He sends forth waters of washing, and He passes and washes away the transgression.

And behold, a person must be just like this — such that he not say, “And shall I fix that one’s sin, or what he destroyed?” He should not say like this; for behold, a person sins and the Holy One, Blessed be He — Himself, and not through an emissary — “fixes the twisted” and washes away the filth of his transgression.

And from here, the person will be ashamed to sin again; for behold, the King, Himself, washes the dirt of his clothes.