Tefillah Tips

“דור לדור ישבח מעשיך וגבורתיך יגידו –From Generation to generation they will praise your works, and Your mighty acts they will relate.” From generation to generation is an often used phrase...

“גדול ה’ ומהולל מאד, ולגדלתו אין חקר –Hashem is great and exceedingly praised; and His greatness is beyond our investigation.” This is the third verse in Psalm 145; it therefore begins...

“בכל יום אברכך, ואהללה שמך לעולם ועד – Every day I will acknowledge Your blessings; and I will praise Your name forever.” This is the second verse in the acrostic Psalm...

The fourth segment of our review of Ashrei

“אשרי העם שככה לו, אשרי העם שה’ אלוקיו– Happy/fortunate is the nation for whom this is so, Fortunate is the nation that has Hashem as their G-d.” Interestingly this verse is...

“אשרי יושבי ביתיך עוד יהללוך סלה – Happy are those that dwell in Your house - they shall praise You forever.”

The Talmud in Brachot 4B proclaims, “ Anyone who recites the Ashrei three times daily is destined to reside in עולם הבא –The World to Come. Ashrei is located twice in...

We conclude our study of Baruch with the closing phraseology of the Tefillah. “יחיד חי העולמים… מלך מהולל בתשבחות- G-d who is One, Life Giver of all worlds… the King that...

The Tefilla continues “ובשירי דוד עבדך נהללך ה' אלוקנו בשבחות ובזמרות- and with the psalms of David Your servant we shall laud You with praises and songs.”

The next phrase in the tefilla that we will examine is, “המהולל בפי עמו, משובח ומפואר בלשון חסידיו ועבדיו-]G-d [is lauded by the mouths of his people and praised and glorified...