From Judgment to Joy: Recreating the World after the Rupture Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. It confronts us with our responsibility—to ourselves, to the Jewish people, to the world, and before the Holy One, blessed be He. This year, judgment takes on a special meaning. The events of the past three years have shaken fundamental certainties: our sense of security, our trust in institutions, our perception of the unity of the Jewish people, and our hope that reason might