Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 126 is said weekly at the Shabbat table before Birkhat Ha'Mazon. Three interpretations of this Mizmor are analyzed and evaluated: A historical...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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An introduction to the unit of the fifteen 'Songs of Ascent' in liturgy, history and spirituality.
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 125 declares that those who have faith in God will be protected and will not falter. Jerusalem sits surrounded by mountains protecting it from her...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 122 focuses on Jerusalem as the place where the Beit HaMikdash stands, a place of great social and judicial significance, and a place that...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 121 uses drama as a literary tool. As opposed to most Mizmors that involve direct or indirect speech between the poet and God, or between the poet...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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The first section of Mizmor 92 discusses praising God, and the blossoming of evil. The significance of a brief middle section of four words is discussed....
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 95, the introductory Mizmor to Kabalat Shabbat, combines the universal desire to praise God, with God's demand for reciprocity from His Nation in...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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Mizmor 99 focuses on God’s relationship with the Jewish Nation. The Mizmor is divided into three sections based on the word holiness. Through an analysis...
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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The progression of the praising of God is noted: from the universal natural, to the nations of the world and ultimately culminating with the righteous...
Kabbalat Shabbat (Part 2)
Rabbi Avi Baumol
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A comparison between Mizmors 96 and 98 mirror the two aspects of Shabbat previously described. Mizmor 96 calls out to the world and to nature to praise...
