Exercise Trackers And Mitzvah Motivators

Rabbi Kruspadai says in the name of Rabbi Yohanan: Three books are opened on Rosh Hashanah: one of the entirely wicked, and one of the entirely righteous, and one of those somewhere in between. The completely righteous—they are written and sealed for life right away. The completely wicked—they are written and sealed for death right away. Those in between—they hang in the balance from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur. If they are found worthy—they are written for life; if they are found not worthy—they are written for death.

(Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 16b)

אמר רבי כרוספדאי אמר רבי יוחנן: שלשה ספרים נפתחין בראש השנה, אחד של רשעים גמורין, ואחד של צדיקים גמורין, ואחד של בינוניים. צדיקים גמורין – נכתבין ונחתמין לאלתר לחיים, רשעים גמורין – נכתבין ונחתמין לאלתר למיתה, בינוניים – תלויין ועומדין מראש השנה ועד יום הכפורים. זכו – נכתבין לחיים, לא זכו – נכתבין למיתה.

People should always see themselves as though they are half-guilty and half-innocent. If they performed one mitzvah, they should be happy for tipping the balance towards innocence for themselves. If they performed one transgression, woe unto them for tipping the balance towards guilt for themselves, as it says [in Ecclesiastes 9:18], but one sinner destroys much good [i.e.,] on account of a single sin which they performed, much good is lost from them.

Rabbi Elazar the son of Rabbi Shimon says: As the world is judged by the majority [of its people], and the individual is judged by the majority [of their deeds], if they performed one mitzvah, they should be happy for tipping the balance towards innocence for themselves and for the entire world. If they performed one transgression, woe unto them for tipping the balance towards guilt for themselves and for the entire world, as it says [in Ecclesiastes 9:18], but one sinner etc. [i.e.,] on account of a single sin which they performed, much good is lost from them and from the entire world.

(Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 40a-b)

Because You are the One who remembers for all eternity all that has been forgotten, and there is no forgetfulness before the throne of Your glory.

(Rosh Hashanah Musaf Amidah)

כי זוכר כל נשכחות אתה הוא מעולם ואין שכחה לפני כסא כבודך.