Insights Into Hallel - Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

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Okay, >> today we're going to look at hal since well it's still fresh in your minds how is just six of the psalms [cough] [clears throat] 113 through 118 today we left off two half psalms because it's only a custom not an absolute law to read h today the first of them is extremely rich in the first of them is extremely rich in content and in structure. So we'll spend I think most of our time on on the first one 113. This is at page 633 in the sitter and the most of it will be on the end of this. But let's first of all read through it and notice that it has a pretty clear general structure. pretty clear general structure. It starts, give praise, you servants of Hashem. Praise the name of Hashem. Blessed be the name of Hashem in this time forever. Rise and son of the setting. Hashem's name is praised. That's the first three verses. And they're all obviously about praising Hashem. Then comes high above all nations is Hashem. Above the heavens is his glory. Who is like a Hashem of God who's Who is like a Hashem of God who's enthroned on high yet? We'll question that translation when we get there. To look upon the earth on the heaven and the earth. Those three verses are all about Hashem being high up, whatever that means, but they're all about that subject. So that's one through three and four through six. Now come the last three verses. He raises the needy from the dust, from the trash sheeps. He lifts the destitute to seat them with nobles, the nobles of his people. He transforms

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