# The Nuanced Judgment of Rosh Hashana

From **R Yaakov Wolbe: ShiurBank** by R Yaakov Wolbe.

- **Published:** Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT
- **Duration:** 53:49
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Rush Hashanah is a day of judgment. On this day, God sits, as it were, on His Throne of Judgment. The intensity and scrutiny of divine judgment is unfathomable. Even the angels quake and quiver with trepidation. For some, the results of the judgment are instantaneous: the completely righteous are immediately inscribed and sealed into the Book of Life, and the completely wicked are immediately inscribed and sealed into the Book of Death. For the in-betweeners however, their fate is determined by their conduct during the Ten Days of Repentance. In this very sharp and interesting podcast, we offer three approaches to the age-old question of why we don’t see a massive uptick in all-cause mortality on Rosh Hashanah. If all the wicked perish instantly, why aren’t the morgues jam-packed with dead sinners on the day following Rosh Hashanah?
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Series: This Jewish Life

Speaker: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Date: 2026-09-06