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Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Third Paragraph Kavanot
The Theme of this paragraph of Hallel is Trusting God: See “Hallel Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Paragr...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Kavanot
Many of the verses in the concluding Psalm of the Hallel resonate powerfully on Rosh Chodesh ...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph Eight
The following is the story of King Nebuchadnezzar, who, on the Tenth of Tevet, lay siege to J...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph Seven
“Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The Lord of heaven has given you dominion and power...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraphs Five & Six
In this paragraph and the next, King David is expressing gratitude for deliverance. When he t...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph Four
“Neither the dead can praise the Creator, nor any who descend into silence; but we will bless...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph Three
The word came to Jeremiah from God when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph Two
The theme of this paragraph of the Hallel is: Just as we were redeemed from Egypt, so too, wi...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Tevet Paragraph One
This Rosh Chodesh Hallel is unusual in that we recite the complete Hallel, rather than skippi...
Chanukah Hallel: Open Up
In the Hallel, we say: "pitachta l'moseray", translated as "You have rel...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Eight: Singing With the Chashmonai
Imagine the exuberant joy of the Chashmonaim as they regained the Beit Hamikdash from the Gre...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Seven: The Message Beyond The Mira
“All you nations; Praise God! Sing compliments, all you peoples! For ...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Six: Freedom!
“What can I respond to Godfor all the good He has given to make me independent?”The Chashmona...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Five: Action Prayer
“I love that God hears the voice of my prayers, that I am listened to when I call!”Most of us...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Four: Joining in Song
In the Forms of Hallel and Focus of Hallel we have seen that many believe that Hallel is a co...
Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Three: Becoming Trusters
“Not we, God, not we, but Your Name deserves honor for Your kindness, Your truth.”The Chashmo...
Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph Two: External & Internal Freedoms
“When Israel left Egypt, Jacob’s family from among a people that was glad.” Elsewhere, the ve...
Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph One Part Four: A Feast of Song
The words of this psalm are to be considered in light of the verse, “I have considered the da...
Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph One Part Three: A Song of Teshuva
The words of this psalm are to be considered in light of the verse, “I have considered the da...
Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph One Part Two: Becoming A Servant
The words of this psalm are to be considered in light of the verse, “I have considered the da...
Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph One: An Internal Conversation
The words of this psalm are to be considered in light of the verse, “I have considered the da...
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| Written by Machberes Avodas Hashem |
 “Moshivi akeret Habayiy, eim habanim semeicha, Halleluyah!” “He transforms the barren wife into a glad mother of children, Halleluyah!” (Psalms 113:9)Sitting, as in Yeshibah: The first meaning given to this term in our language was that of being seated. Thus, “Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat.” (Samuel I 1:9) But in view of the fact that a sitting individual is in a state of the most perfect stability and steadiness, this term is used figuratively to denote all steady, stable, and changless states. Thus when promising Jerusalem permanence and stability while she is in the highest of ranks, Scripture says, “She will rise and sit in her place.” (Zechariah 14:10) And it also says, “He makes the barren woman to sit in her house,” which means that He makes her firm and steady. In the latter sense it is said of God, may He be exalted, “You, O Lord, sit for all eternity.” (Lamentations 5:19) “O You Who sits in the heaven.” (Psalms 123:1) “He that sits in heaven.” (Psalms 2:4) That is, the stable One Who undergoes no manner of change, neither a change in His essence - as He has no modes besides His essence - nor a change in His relation to what is other than Himself. (Maimonides, The Guide Of The Perplexed 1:12, Translated by Shlomo Pines) Elul, the time of Teshuva - also related to Yeshibah - is a time of intense and unchanging love. We use this paragraph of Hallel to celebrate that Teshuva allows us to maintain a sense of permanence to our relationship despite the distance that may have developed since the previous Rosh Hashanah.  |
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