Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Naḥman began: “God ascends with a blast, the Lord with the sound of a shofar” (Psalms 47:6). When the Holy One blessed be He sits and ascends on the throne of justice, He ascends in justice.6He begins the proceedings with the divine attribute of justice. What is the source? “God [Elohim]7Elohim is the name of God that represents the attribute of justice. ascends with a blast.” When Israel take their shofars and sound them before the Holy One blessed be He, He rises from the throne of justice and sits on the throne of mercy, as it is written: “The Lord8The Tetragrammaton, translated as Lord, is the name of God that represents the attribute of mercy. with the sound of a shofar.” When? In the seventh month.