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
- Maharal
- kindness
- power
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Tehillim, Gemara
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