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Rabbi Shulman discusses the significance of gratitude in Tehillim 118 and the teachings of the Maharal regarding Hashem's intended plan for each participant's benefit.

Episode Notes Notes go hereRabbi Shulman explains a teaching of the Maharal on the concluding “הודו לה׳” in Tehillim 118, showing that the chapter opens and closes with gratitude to highlight that the entire story is fundamentally about הודאה. Drawing on a Gemara in Pesachim that assigns different verses to different figures around David HaMelech (David, Yishai, Shmuel, and David’s brothers), Rabbi Shulman emphasizes the Maharal’s central point: Hashem’s good is not a “main recipient plus incidental bystanders,” but a perfectly ordered plan in which each participant’s benefit is directly intended.

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