Rabbi Yochanan However, in the name of Samuel

Midrash Aggadah Ein Yaakov, Rosh Hashanah 1:23

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 9, 2025

(19) On New Year's Day all the inhabitants of the world pass before Him, Kibne Maron. What is the meaning of Kibne Maron? Here (in Babylonia) they translated it "like sheep." But Resh Lakish said: "The meaning is, as the steps of the Temple (i.e., narrow, so that people ascended them one by one)." R. Juda, however, in the name of Samuel, explained it: "Like the armies of the house of David [which were numbered one by one]." "Nevertheless," said Rabba b. b. Ghana, in the name of R. Jochanan, "they are all reviewed with one glance." R. Nachman b. Isaac said: "Our Mishnah (the earliest code of rabbinic law) also teaches us so, since it makes the inference from the passage (Ps. 33, 15) He that fashioned all their hearts alike. What does that mean? Shall we assume that it means, He created every heart alike in inclination? We see that it is not so. We must, therefore, say that it means. The Creator sees all their hearts [at one glance] and [at once] understands all their works."

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Temple Exile Wisdom Divine justice Patriarchs Kings

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