Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 31:1
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> בארבעה פרקים העולם נידון בפסח על התבואה בעצרת על פירות האילן בר"ה כל באי עולם עוברין לפניו כבני מרון שנאמר (תהלים לג, טו) היוצר יחד לבם המבין אל כל מעשיהם ובחג נידונין על המים:
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>AT FOUR SEASONS [DIVINE] JUDGMENT IS PASSED ON THE WORLD:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with its actions during the preceding year. By the 'world' here is probably meant only the people of Israel');"><sup>1</sup></span> AT PASSOVER IN RESPECT OF PRODUCE; AT PENTECOST IN RESPECT OF FRUIT; AT NEW YEAR ALL CREATURES PASS BEFORE HIM [GOD] LIKE CHILDREN OF MARON,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The general sense of this obscure expression is 'one by one', 'in single file'. Its precise meaning is discussed in the Gemara infra p. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> AS IT SAYS, 'HE THAT FASHIONETH THE HEART OF THEM ALL, THAT CONSIDERETH ALL THEIR DOINGS';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XXXIII, 15.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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