DEUT406 And among these twenty-four transgressions there are five that close the paths of repentance to those who are guilty of them:… (5) Scorning reproof, since one has not left for himself a way to repentance, reproof being conducive to repentance in that when a man is apprised of his transgressions, and humiliated because of them he turns to repentance, as it is written [this verse]: "Remember, do not forget, how you angered Hashem… You rebelled against Hashem"; "But Hashem has not given you a heart to know…" (ibid.29:3); and "a people that is foolish and not wise…" (ibid.32:6). And the prophet Yeshayahu similarly rebuked Israel, [as did all the others,] until they repented. Therefore, every congregation must set up one of their wise men – an elder, who has feared God from his youth and who is beloved by them – to rebuke the populace towards repentance. But one who hates reproof will not come to the reprover and will not hear his words and will therefore persist in his sins, which are good in his eyes.