Musar for Rosh Hashanah 32:3

וא"ר יצחק כל שנה שרשה בתחלתה מתעשרת בסופה שנא' (דברים יא, יב) מראשית השנה מרשית כתיב ועד אחרית סופה שיש לה אחרית

at its opening becomes rich before it ends, as it says, From the beginning of the year - where the word is spelt meroshith<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Defectively, and can be read from the poverty of'.');">⁴</span> - 'unto the end'; such a year is destined to have a 'latter end'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently there is an allusion here to the verse, 'for the latter end of that man is peace'. Ps. XXXVII.');">⁵</span> R'Isaac further said: Man is judged only according to his actions up to the time of judgment,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not in view of those which he is likely to commit at some later time. Lit., 'of that hour'.');">⁶</span>

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