The ketores contained not only sweet smelling incense, but
also the chelbinah, a foul smelling spice. There are Jewish souls who unfortunately are
like the chelbinah. By themselves, they
don't have such a good fragrance and are not something you would imagine G-d would accept, but
when you mix them back in with all the other spices, they too come out like
perfume.
Aharon’s mission in life was “oheiv shalom rodef shalom
oheiv es habriyos,” and the part everyone forgets, “u’mekarvam laTorah.” Aharon haKohen, through his love, was able to
draw these chelbinah-like souls back into Klal Yisrael and back to Torah. Therefore, explains R’ Tzadok haKohen, the mizbach haketores appears
only after the initiation of Aharon into his job as Kohen Gadol. Without Aharon and those like him, without his love and outreach, there could be no ketores.
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