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Succot Hallel Paragraph Four

“God remembered us and will bless – Bless the ‘House’ of Israel – Bless the ‘House’ of Aaron.” This paragraph has special resonance on Succot when we change “Houses.” We made a statement when we moved out

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Two

“Who turned the rock into a pool of water. Pebbles into a source of water.” God uses His creation at will to do as He wishes. The Midrash teaches that God made a condition with each creation before it assumed its form, to serve

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Hallel: Four Species: Victory

The “Na’anu’im” the shaking of the Four Species also imply that we want to display something, as in the Midrashic understanding of the verse “The delights that are in Your right hand for eternity.”1 Rabbi Avin taught that

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Hallel: The Dance of The Lulav

The Lulav is my dancing out to God. I am handing to God what I could not possibly express in words. The Lulav is the cup of thanks for salvation that we raise to God We are pushing our words up to God.

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Succot Hallel: Application To Four Species

The Midrash1 understands the verse, “David and all the House of Israel were playing before God,2” as meaning the people were shaking their Lulavim! There is an element of play. They expressed total, free, and absolute joy.

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Succot-Hallel and Lulav

The Lulav is my dancing out to God. I am handing to God what I could not possibly express in words. The Lulav is the cup of thanks for salvation that we raise to God We are pushing our words up to God.

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Succot Hallel Paragraph Three

This is the paragraph of Trusters, or people who are Botchim. This paragraph celebrates our conviction that God will take care of our needs, and guide us toward perfecting our souls.

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Succot Hallel Paragraph Two.2

“Who turned the rock into a pool of water.” Manna, our bread that is usually produced from the earth’s harvest, fell from the heavens. Water, which usually falls from the heavens, came from the earth, a rock. God reversed

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Succot Hallel Paragraph Two.1

“The Sea saw it and ran away. The Jordan River reversed course.” All the water in the world split as Israel entered the Sea. The Sefer HaChaim (Introduction) explains that had only the Red Sea split, people would have said

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Succot Hallel: Paragraph One

At which point did the Children of Israel recite Hallel? When the plague of the Slaying of the First Born began, Pharaoh went and knocked on the door of Moshe and Aaron’s house. Pharaoh wanted Israel to leave immediately,

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Succot Hallel Paragraph Two.1

“The Sea saw it and ran away. The Jordan River reversed course.” All the water in the world split as Israel entered the Sea. The Sefer HaChaim (Introduction) explains that had only the Red Sea split, people would have said

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Succot Hallel Paragraph Five

Raba lectured, What means, “I love that the Lord should hear [my voice and my supplications]”? The congregation of Israel said: “Sovereign of the Universe! When am I loved by You? When You hear the voice of my supplications.” (Pesachim 118b)

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Five

“For You saved my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my legs from tripping.“

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph One

“Who is like God, our Lord,
Who lives up high, but drops down to see what happens (to us) in the (lower) heaven and earth?
Who lifts up

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Eight

“All the nations surrounded me but I survived them in God’s Name. They surrounded and encircled me but I survived them in God’s Name. Though they surrounded me like a swarm of bees, they were snuffed out like burnt thorns.

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Seven

“All you nations; Praise God!
Sing compliments, all you peoples!
For His kindness overpowers us,

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Six

“What can I respond to God
for all the good He has given to make me independent?
I will lift up the cup of salvation

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Four

“The heavens are God’s, while the earth has been given to people.” “Were it not for My covenant with the day and night, I had not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.” (Jeremiah 33:25) This heaven is that of which

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Two

“Who turned the rock into a pool of water. Pebbles into a source of water.” God uses His creation at will to do as He wishes. The Midrash teaches that God made a condition with each creation before it assumed its form, to serve

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Four Species Hallel Paragraph Three

“They have mouths but do not speak,
they have eyes but do not see,
they have ears

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Four Species Hallel Paragraph Five

“For You saved my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my legs from tripping.“

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Succot Hallel Paragraph Two.2

“Who turned the rock into a pool of water.” Manna, our bread that is usually produced from the earth’s harvest, fell from the heavens. Water, which usually falls from the heavens, came from the earth, a rock. God reversed

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Succot Hallel Paragraph Three

This is the paragraph of Trusters, or people who are Botchim. This paragraph celebrates our conviction that God will take care of our needs, and guide us toward perfecting our souls.

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Four Species Hallel Paragraph Three

“They have mouths but do not speak,
they have eyes but do not see,
they have ears

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Four Species Hallel Paragraph Six

“What can I respond to God
for all the good He has given to make me independent?
I will lift up the cup of salvation

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Four Species Hallel Paragraph Seven

“All you nations; Praise God!
Sing compliments, all you peoples!
For His kindness overpowers us,

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Succot Hallel Paragraph Seven

“All you nations; Praise God!
Sing compliments, all you peoples!
For His kindness overpowers us,

Tags: God, Hallel, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

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