What Can We Learn from Chanukah? - Part 6 - Rabbi Dr. David Gottlieb

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the first Psalm 113 I think has in it a capsule of a general picture of creation and what our purpose is have God relates to the world and the last three verses this Psalm has nine verses and it breaks up into three groups of three take a look at the first two groups briefly and then I want to focus on the list group of three in some great detail it starts give praise your servants of a Shem praise the name of a chef I want to I want to share with you an idea about the idea of praise what is praised in particular is praised subjective when I praise something I say something that's a great piece of art great piece of music am I just expressing my feelings just saying I like it it moves me somebody else says no it's junk when I really disagreeing I'm expressing how i feel just was until he feels a lot of people think that way a lot of people think that praise essentially is subjective but that's not correct is it great i should say it's very sizeable number of philosophers will agree the praise is not subjective of course nobody's philosophers disagree and say it is Togepi we like there's always controversy but it is a very I think strong and respected position that praise is not really subjective let me give you a outlandish extreme example you run across someone at a from

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1. 0:17the first Psalm 113 I think has in it a capsule of a general picture of…
2. 3:22you can't call is great because my definition great is something that's not very ordinary great…
3. 7:02then you're qualified to engage in praise that I think is pretty much on the surface…
4. 10:04with those who understand then the next three high above all nations accession above the heavens…
5. 13:35then have excess that they give to others so it's it's not necessarily about having charity…
6. 17:12have any contact with the person the Talmud says that these four are as if they…
7. 20:17disability let's think not moving your direction but not exactly in the application what is the…
8. 23:53rendition of hollow to me it's always interesting to see when he gets to this is…
9. 27:00say please Hashem you have in mind what you need I promise you you'll get everything…
10. 30:38not my strong number I i know that i really need to to grow and develop…

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