Rosh Hashana 1:2 — The Four Times Hashem Judges the World

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The Four Times Hashem Judges the World

בְּאַרְבָּעָה פְרָקִים הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן
Mishnah ראש השנה א׳:ב׳ · Rosh Hashana 1:2
בְּאַרְבָּעָה פְרָקִים הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן,
בְּפֶסַח עַל הַתְּבוּאָה,
בַּעֲצֶרֶת עַל פֵּרוֹת הָאִילָן,
בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה כָּל בָּאֵי הָעוֹלָם עוֹבְרִין לְפָנָיו כִּבְנֵי מָרוֹן,
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים לג) הַיּוֹצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם, הַמֵּבִין אֶל כָּל מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם.
וּבֶחָג נִדּוֹנִין עַל הַמָּיִם:
At four points the world is judged:
On Pesach, over the grain;
on Atzeres, over the fruit of the tree;
on Rosh Hashana all who come into the world pass before Him like bnei maron, sheep filing one by one through a narrow gate;
as it says (Tehillim 33) He who fashions their hearts together, who discerns all their doings.
and on the Chag they are judged over the water.

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