Responsa for Rosh Hashanah 33:14

(רבא אמר) כל המעביר על מדותיו מעבירין לו על כל פשעיו שנאמר נושא עון ועובר על פשע למי נושא עון למי שעובר על פשע

How does He do? - R'Eliezer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Read with MSM. R. Eleazar].');">²⁵</span> says: He presses down [the scale of merit], as it says, He will again have compassion on us, he will press down our iniquities.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., press down the scale of merit against our iniquities, Micah VII, 19.');">²⁶</span> R'Jose B'Hanina says: [He does so] by raising [the scale of iniquities], as it says, Raising<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V. 'that pardoneth'.');">²⁷</span>

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