The Shofar That Turns the Throne of Judgment Into Mercy

Pesikta DeRav Kahana 23:11

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

Rabbi Abba the son of Rabbi Pappi and Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi: All the days of the year Israel are busy with their work, but on Rosh Hashanah they take up shofars and sound them, and the Holy One, blessed be He, rises from the throne of judgment and sits upon the throne of mercy, and is filled with compassion for them, and turns toward them the attribute of judgment into the attribute of mercy. When? "In the seventh month, on the first of the month" (Leviticus 23:24).

Themes

RepentanceDivine CompassionDivine Judgment

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