Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 31:8

וכי תימא לעולם ר' יהודה היא וכי קתני מתניתין אגזר דין אי הכי קשיא אדם

R'Nathan says: Man is judged every moment, as it says, Thou dost try him every moment'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. Tosef. R.H. I.');">¹⁴</span> Should you maintain that it is after all in accordance with Rabbi Judah, [the seasons] mentioned in our Mishnah referring to the final doom, we may retort that if so there is a difficulty with the case of man!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose judgment according to the Mishnah is on New Year.');">¹⁵</span> - Raba replied: This Tanna [of our Mishnah] follows the Tanna of the school of R'Ishmael, since it has been taught in the school of R'Ishmael: 'At four seasons judgment is passed on the world, on Passover in respect of produce, on Pentecost in respect of fruit, on Tabernacles judgment is passed in respect of rain, and man is judged on New Year and his doom is sealed on the Day of Atonement'.

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