Another vort related to this topic… Here’s from the Slonim Rebba:
Questions:
– The t’fillos for Rosh Hashona (excluding added piyutim) are all being mamlich Hashem and they “lose sight” of the fact that Rosh Hashona is also yom din. Why?
– Rosh Hashona is a happy day. If it’s a yom din, why aren’t we fasting? Why aren’t we klopping al cheit?
– Why does Rosh Hashona come before Yom Kippur? (see Joseph’s post above for the full breadth of this question).
Moshol: A king creates a city for the sole purpose of having the city dwellers and everything in the city serve him. Time goes by and things start to decline; the dwellers forget why the city was created.
The king arrives and sees everything is just right…
The Slonim Rebba also asks the following in connection to above questions: It says that all creations are being judged, including malochim. How can malochim be judged if they only do ratzon Hashem, are created by our actions etc.?