Because this commandment [to do Teshuvah] is not too wonderful for you and is not distant from you either. It is not in heaven, so you can’t say, “Who can go up to heaven and bring it to us and cause us to hear it so that we can do it?” And it is not beyond the sea, so you can’t say, “Who can go across the sea and bring it to us and cause us to hear it so that we can do it?” But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so you can do it.
