Life in Balance: The Judgment of Beinonim

Life in Balance

דברים כח, ס וְהָיוּ חַיֶיךָ תְ לֻאִים לְךָ מִנֶגֶד וּפָחַדְתָ לַיְ לָה וְיוֹמָם וְלֹא תַאֲמִין בְחַיֶיךָ

Baal HaTurim remarks that we find the word "tlu'im" one other place in Tanach, "V'ami tlu'im limshuvosi" (Hoshea 11:7). This alludes to the statement in the Gemara R.H. that "beinonim" have their judgment hanging between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. This is "cha'yecho tlu'im" of our pasuk which depends upon personal repenting or not. This is "V'ami tlu'im limshuvosi," of the verse in Hoshea, which the nation is hanging depends upon if the entire nation does teshuvah.