Halakhah for Rosh Hashanah 35:4
ר' אלעזר אמר כאן קודם גזר דין כאן לאחר גזר דין רבי יצחק אמר יפה צעקה לאדם בין קודם גזר דין בין לאחר גזר דין
and was therefore answered, the other did not pray with his whole heart and was not answered. R'Eleazar, however, said: The one man was praying before his final sentence had been pronounced [in heaven], the other after his final sentence had been pronounced. R'Isaac said: Supplication<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cry'.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
And the proof to these words of ours is that which they said (Rosh Hashanah 18a) concerning a [Divine] decree that has an oath with it, as Rava concludes there, that it is not atoned with a sacrifice or a grain offering, but rather it is atoned with words of Torah; and they have no mention there that God would need to annul [His oath]. As the matters are known and clear to all who see the sun that it is all said metaphorically for the receivers. And in order to direct you on this path in many places, I have been lengthy about this until now.
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