Repentance also hastens redemption. As the Midrash
says:
“R. Levi said ‘If [the Jews] repented even one day,
they would immediately be redeemed, and the son of David would come’ “
(Shir HaShirim
Rabbah 5:1)
Similarly, “If they repent for even one day, I
will bring [redemption], even if it’s not its appointed time” (Shemos Rabbah 25:16).
[Also see Ramban on VaYikra 26:17 and R. Chaim M.
Friedburg, Sefer HaChaim, “Geulah
VeYeshuah” ch. 7.]
And with sharper stress on the always possible End, the
immediacy to God of each day, we find: “If Israel would repent even for a
single day, they would be instantly redeemed and the Son of David would
instantly come, for it says (Psalms 95:7): Today
if you will listen to His voice.”
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