“Rather the matter is very near to you” – Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Naḥman said: To what is the matter comparable? It is to the daughter of a king whom no person knew. The king had a certain friend who would enter to the king all the time, and the king’s daughter was standing before him. The king said to him: ‘See how beloved you are to me, as there is no creature who knows my daughter, and she stands before you.’
So, the Holy One blessed be He said to Israel: ‘See how beloved you are to me, as there is no creature in my palace who knows the Torah, and I gave it to you,’ as it is stated: “It is vanished from the eyes of all living” (Job 28:21). But you, “it is not hidden from you,” (Deuteronomy 30:11), but rather, “the matter is very near to you” (Deuteronomy 30:14). The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘My children, if the matters of Torah are near to you, I call you near as well, as so it is written: “For the children of Israel, the people who are near to Him. Halleluya”’ (Psalms 148:14).