Similarly, the Kozheglover Gaon zt”l writes in Sefer Eretz Tzvi (Parshas Bechukosai) that reading the tochacha before Rosh Hashanah serves to annul aveiros because hearing these words breaks our hearts and causes us to regret our sins.
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