Creating Remorse:
Rashi states: “’And Aharon did so.’ This is a praise of Aharon for not changing anything.”
The Kedushas Tzion of Bobov zy”a explains by citing the Mishnah (Avos 1:12) that says: “Be from the students of Aharon. Love peace and pursue peace. Love people and bring them close to Torah.” The Bartenura quotes Avos D’Rebbe Nosson as saying that the way Aharon pursued peace was that when he saw two people engaged in a dispute, he would go over to one of them without the other’s knowledge and say, “Your friend regrets what he did to you...” He would then say the same thing to the other man. Then, when the two next met each other, they would embrace and make peace.
The Kedushas Tzion explains that, of course, Aharon would never lie. When he said that the friend regrets the fight, he influenced the man’s heart and brought him to do teshuva for wronging his friend. Thus, he was saying the truth, as just saying those words actually did make the friend regret his previous actions.
It is known that Aharon’s avodah of lighting the Menorah was a means to bring Jewish souls closer to the Torah. Accordingly, Rashi is saying that Aharon “did not change anything”, meaning that he drew people close to the Torah without lying, as he genuinely influenced them to want to properly serve Hashem.
