Rosh Hashanah thirty minutes away at the time of the writing of this sheet. With Yom Hadin coming up, it's important to remember that Hashem doesn't judge like humans do. Let's have a look.
One good deed does not erase a lifetime of sin
-Commodore Norrington, Pirates of the Carribbean
(א) בֶּן שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מְנַשֶּׁה בְמָלְכוֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. (יב) וּכְהָצֵר לוֹ חִלָּה אֶת פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וַיִּכָּנַע מְאֹד מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָיו. (יג) וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֵלָיו וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע תְּחִנָּתוֹ וַיְשִׁיבֵהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְמַלְכוּתוֹ וַיֵּדַע מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים.
(1) Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. (12) And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. (13) And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD He was God.
G-d clearly has a very merciful system, which can be compared to restorative justice. In fact, the Talmud says:
There were never days as good for Israel as Tu B'av and Yom Kippur.
While the ominous title The Day of Judgment makes the yamim nora'im sound scary, but in fact, they are very happy days. Why? Because we know that Hashem is:
(ו) וַיַּעֲבֹר יְהוָה עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא יְהוָה יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת. (ז) נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה...
(6) And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: ‘The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (7) keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin;