About this episode

This episode explores the unique ways in which non-Jewish nations and Israel are commanded to praise Hashem, based on Tehillim 117.

This dvar Torah focuses on the “strange” logic of Tehillim 117: why the non-Jewish nations are commanded to praise Hashem specifically because “His kindness overpowered *us*.” Using the Gemara in Pesachim and the Maharal’s framing, the shiur resolves the question by splitting the pasuk’s praises into different categories: the nations praise Hashem for His demonstrations of power in the world (nissim and gevurot), while Israel uniquely praises for chasadim done *to us*. Along the way, it develops a conceptual map connecting nissim to Shem Havayah/rachamim, gevurot to din, and chasadim to chesed, and it critiques an attempted reading that “נבראים” here means specifically Klal Yisrael. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-64j-20260426-151225-outline-20260426-151309.pdf

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Aryeh Shulman

Topics covered

• Tehillim 117
• praise of Hashem
• nations and Israel
• kindness and power
• Gemara in Pesachim
• Maharal's framing

Keywords

• Tehillim 117
• praise
• Hashem
• nations
• Israel
• Gemara

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tehillim, Gemara

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