Study Rosh Hashanah folio 16A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Mishnah: At 4 times of the year the world is judged: On Passover judgment is passed concerning grain; on Shavuot concerning fruits that grow on a tree; on Rosh HaShana all creatures pass before Him like sheep [benei maron], as it is stated: “He Who fashions their hearts alike, Who considers all the
Talmud: The Mishnah taught that on Passover judgment is passed concerning grain. The Talmud asks: Which grain is judged on Passover? If we say it is the grain that is presently standing in the fields ready to be reaped between Passover and Shavuot, when was judgment passed with regard to all those
The Talmud asks further: Is this to say that only one judgment is passed concerning a particular crop, and no more? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: If grain suffers an incident or accident before Passover, it was judged in the past, the previous Passover; if this occurs after Passover, it was jud
Rava said: Learn from here that two judgments are passed concerning each crop, one covering the period between the time it is sown and Passover and another covering the period between Passover and the time it is harvested. Abaye said: Therefore, if a person sees that his slow-growing crops, those t
The Talmud raises a question about the Mishnah: Whose opinion is expressed in the Mishnah? It is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, and not in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, and not in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, and not in accordance with the opinion of R' Natan