Chasidut for Rosh Hashanah 34:8
אמר ר' יוחנן גדולה תשובה שמקרעת גזר דינו של אדם שנא' (ישעיהו ו, י) השמן לב העם הזה ואזניו הכבד ועיניו השע פן יראה בעיניו ובאזניו ישמע ולבבו יבין ושב ורפא לו
R'Johanan said: Great is the power of repentance that it rescinds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'tears up'.');"><sup>14</sup></span> a man's final sentence, as it says , Make the heart of this people fat and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes, lest they seeing with their eyes and hearing with their ears and understanding with their heart return and be healed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. VI, 10.');"><sup>15</sup></span> Said R'Papa to Abaye: Perhaps this was before the final sentence? - He replied: It is written, 'and he be healed'.
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