כִּ֚י הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם לֹֽא־נִפְלֵ֥את הִוא֙ מִמְּךָ֔ וְלֹ֥א רְחֹקָ֖ה הִֽוא׃

For this commandment, all the commandments of the Torah, that I command you today, it is not obscured from you, it is not strange or impossible to perform, and it is not distant. Some explain that this is referring specifically to the commandment of repentance.

לֹ֥א בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֤נוּ הַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

It is not in the heavens, which might lead the people to say: Who will ascend for us to the heavens and take it for us, and communicate it to us, that we will perform it? Although we desire to observe the Torah, it is too lofty and abstract for us. If someone would bring it down to us, we would observe it. To counter that claim, Moses explains that he has already brought the Torah down from the heavens, and it is now within their reach.

וְלֹֽא־מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיָּ֖ם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲבָר־לָ֜נוּ אֶל־עֵ֤בֶר הַיָּם֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

It is not distant, across the sea, which might lead them to say: Who will cross for us to the other side of the sea and take it for us and communicate it to us, that we will perform it? If it were a little nearer, we would observe it.

כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ (ס)

The suggestions that the Torah is too lofty or distant are incorrect. Rather, the matter of the Torah and its commandments is very near to you. The words of the Torah are in your mouth to speak them, and in your heart to understand them. Consequently you are able to perform it, the commandments of the Torah.