Hallel

The Gemara explains, it was actually a conversation.

Why is it that the Kalei Yisrael don't sing Hallel on Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur? Malachi HaSharas looked down, saw the Jewish nation performing all the Mitzvot of the Yom, being Mamlich Hashem, accepting the Din, both on Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur, and it was part of the Nusach that was clearly absent.

There was Shachris, there was Musaf, there was no Hallel.

And the question they asked Hashem is, why aren't the Kalei Yisrael singing Shira? Why aren't they singing Hallel on Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur? The king is sitting on the throne of judgment.

The book of life, the book of death are open in front of him.

It's inappropriate to sing.

They're being weighed, measured, judged, decided.

The king himself is sitting on the throne of judgment.

Halacha Ches.

If someone wrote the whole Halal, Halal is parts of the book of Tehillim, it's part of the 24 books of the Torah, or they wrote just a Shema on a parchment.

Now, they shouldn't do that.

You shouldn't just write part of a book on a parchment.

Yet, the Gemara elsewhere in Rosh Hashanah seems to say the opposite.

The angels in Shamayim asked Hashem why we don't say Hallel on Rosh Hashanah.

And Hashem responded, Is it possible that the king is sitting on the throne of judgment with the books of life and death open before him and we should sing Hallel? If we are so confident of a favorable judgment, then why shouldn't we sing Hallel? There are many answers to this question.

The Taz explains that although we are confident that Hashem will judge us favorably, there still has to be a feeling of awe and seriousness.

We don't say halal because we understand what's taking place.

Halachic.

Now, Hakoisev Hallel, which is Tehillim, and Hallel has 85 letters, even Shema, Shema has much more than 85 letters.

But they wrote it down on a parchment with ink, but they wrote it for a child, for a child to learn how to say it by heart.

Even though one was not allowed to do so, guys, remember, just that's another rule.

Teaser.

Why is it called Egyptian Exodus Hallel? Well, the Hebrew word Hallel means praise.

Passover is all about zakar.

It's all about remembering all the great deeds God had done for the people to save them from Egypt.

Okay, friends, um, we're going to insert into the reading a few Psalms that are not listed in Come, Follow Me because they're actually part of a structured reading enterprise that ancient Jews, ev- even today, actually still use as a single unit.

And that is, uh, Psalm 113 to 118.

And you might write this above Psalm 113, Egyptian Exodus Hallel.

And that's H-A-L-L-E-L. Psalm 113 to 118.

How do we understand what is Rosh Hashanah? In fact, if you believe that Rosh Hashanah is a day when you're supposed to be celebrating, when you're supposed to have Simcha, you need to ask yourself a very obvious question.

What is missing from our davening if today is actually a celebration? What do we not say? Hallel! Every other day on the calendar of Jewish year that is a celebratory happy day, we say Hallel.

Suddenly it comes to Rosh Hashanah, which is supposed to also be a very happy day, and suddenly there's no Hallel.

So how do you explain that? Who thinks that's a good question? You think so.

Such a good question.

The Gemara asked the question.

Those are the best.

The Gemara of Masech is Rosh Hashanah, Lamed Beis, asks, how is it possible if Rosh Hashanah is such a great, glorious, happy day, how can it be that on Rosh Hashanah we don't say Hallel? Answers the Gemara, the reason why we don't say halal is because when you have sifre meisim, the sifre chayim suchim, when a person is standing with the emas adin, when a person is standing knowing that life is so fickle, that life is so uncertain, that I don't know what's about to be with the coming year of my life, how can I say halal? How can I celebrate? How can I be in such a great mood when I'm so nervous? And therefore says the Gemara, although it's true that Rosh Hashanah is a day of simcha, it's supposed to be a day of celebration, at the same time we tone it down and we don't say hallow because we have this dynamic on Rosh Hashanah where we're not exactly sure where to put our feelings.

Then four youths who were of Levite descent stood at the top of the ladder and they would hold these 10-gallon pitchers of pure oil and fill each bowl.

Then during the sacrifices, the Levites would chant the great Hallel.

So at night, the court of the women was illuminated by these four giant oil lamps.

And then each priest would cast off their breeches and girdles, and then they used those for the wicks.

He has this big, you know, big performance, um, later on.

Okay, I'll [speaking foreign language]You come to right for Hallel, you shake a little bit hands, right? And you stop and you ask him, "Rabbi Yid, did you have in mind? Did you say the Shehecheyanu? Did you have in mind the same mitzvot of lulav?" He said, "What? Yeah, can't remember." That is what we talk about.

That's not registering bachlal.

So the Mishberu quotes to the Chayadam, that's not the subject of the first Gemara.