Sefer Ateres Yeshua explains this pasuk by relating that when the Magid of Kozhnitz zy”a would read the verses of the Tochacha and he would come to the pasuk (Vayikroh 26:31) that says: “V’hashimosi es mikashichem” (and I will make desolate your temples), he would say, “May Hashem make this come true very soon.”
This seemed very puzzling. Why would we want a pasuk that speaks of destruction to come true?
The Ateres Yeshua explained by citing the words of Chazal (see Menachos 110A and Tosafos ibid, as well as Zohar Hakadosh, Chelek 3, 33A) that “Michoel the Kohen Gadol stands and sacrifices the neshamos of Yisroel and they serve as a pleasant fragrance for Hashem like korbanos.” It is also known that when Yidden are killed in sanctification of Hashem name, it creates a pleasant aroma for Him. Accordingly, the Magid was saying that the pasuk means that the concept of Yidden being destroyed will become desolate and will no longer exist and Hashem will no longer receive this pleasant fragrance, and he davened that this should come true soon.
Chazal say that the deaths of the sons of Aharon was also a Kiddush Hashem, as is stated (Shemos 29:43): “And it will be sanctified for My glory.” Chazal (Zevachim 115B) understand this to mean that Hashem is sanctified through those who glorify Him, meaning the holy sons of Aharon. The Medrash also says (Vayikroh Rabbah 12:2) that Moshe told Aharon, “I thought that the house would be sanctified through either me or you. Now I see that they were bigger than us.”
With this in mind, the Ateres Yeshua explains the pasuk as saying that after the Kiddush Hashem made by the death of the sons of Aharon, Hashem said not to come at any time to the kodesh. The words “al yavo b’chal eis” have a gematriah of 572, which is the same numerical value as the word “ikvas” (the footsteps), which is a hint to the ikvesah d’meshicha. Thus, the pasuk is saying that the redemption should be soon and it should come about without the deaths of any holy people or any chevlai Moshiach.
