GEULAH
Regarding the end of our exile, the Torah states, “When you are distressed, and all these things happen upon you in the end of days, then you will return to G-d, your G-d, and listen to His voice” (Devarim 4:30).
Our Sages have taught that the Jewish people must perform teshuvah in order to be redeemed. Nevertheless, if at the end of their exile they are genuinely distressed and heartbroken over the very fact that they are still in exile among the nations, and if they truly long for the redemption, then that itself is considered absolute teshuvah. Distress at being in exile and yearning for the redemption are the “return to G-d” and the “listening to His voice” that are required in the above verse.
Chasam Sofer
Yalkut Moshiach uGeulah al HaTorah
Translated by Yaakov Paley
