Rosh HaShanah 17a and Rosh HaShanah 17b, the judgment of the World to Come, who will be denied or given a permanently lower status, Gd’s leaning towards a kinder view than maybe deserved, leading into a discussion of Gd’s Attributes, openness to repentance, and the role of gezar din, divine decree, in allowing or not allowing repentance to restore a person’s future fully.
