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And so Yeshayahu rebuked his nation: Being good isn’t foreign to your nature. Following the Torah’s ways isn’t something that is imposed upon you – it is built into your essence. If you have veered off, then you have rebelled against your very nature. You have subverted the pull to greatness that dwells within your heart. And in that sense, you are lower than the animal kingdom, because animals obey the nature that Hashem put into them.
May we learn to recognize the mercy of Hashem: even while he warns us of what will be, he prepares us for the return. May we learn to listen to that Voice inside, and quickly end this long exile, once again taking our place as the Exalted Nation.
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