Tefillah: Journey of a Lifetime - Pesukei D'zimra {B'yomeinu}

[music] >> Now, the Ulam was very broad in the front. The Ulam had a grand entrance and a grand exit. And interestingly, if you were to enter the Ulam and look up at the ceiling, you would see two chains coming down from the ceiling. These two chains would lead you up to two crowns on the ceiling of the Ulam. One crown was the crown of Yehoshua Kohen Gadol. The other crown was reserved for Zerubbabel who should have been Messiah but wasn't. And it is now reserved for the Melech Ha Moshiach. And young Pirchei Kehuna would climb up and down these chains to be able to behold these two majestic crowns. We too encounter the grand entrance of the Ulam and the grand exit of the Ulam. And we too encounter these chains. It's called P'sukei D'Zimra. P'sukei D'Zimra has a great doorway. It also has a great exit. And like the Pesach Ulam and the Pesach Heichal, which were the same size and parallel to each other, the entrance of P'sukei D'Zimra and the exit of P'sukei D'Zimra are also parallel to each other. They're also the same size. Baruch She'amar has >> [music] >> 13 Baruchs. Yishtabach has 13 praises. This gives us an insight into the essence of P'sukei D'Zimra. P'sukei D'Zimra are like chains. They're not just pages one after another just praising Hashem. Hashem is great. [music] Hashem is great. Hashem is great. No, no, no. Each segment of P'sukei D'Zimra is a link in a chain and each link elevates us to the next link. P'sukei consists of five main links. These five links are introduced in Baruch She'amar. They're called Negadecha, Unishabechacha, Unifaercha, Venazkir Shimcha, Venamlichecha. These are the five links in the chain of Pesuke Dezimra. Let's explain the purpose of these five links. In the first part of Pesuke Dezimra, we use the method called Negadecha, braiding. Instead of saying a perek of Tehillim, we identify a word, let's say the word racham, and we take various pesukim from throughout Tanach that have the word racham in it, and we braid it together. Then we'll look for the word oiz or nekama or chesed [music] or hoshia, and we'll braid them together. Like somebody who would want to show appreciation with flowers. You could buy 12 roses. 12 roses are very beautiful. But another way to show appreciation with flowers is to take a variety of different flowers and [music] combine them together. There's something very beautiful of selecting various flowers and putting them all together in a bouquet. So too when it comes to praising Hashem. In Pesuke Dezimra, we're going to gather from throughout Tanach various pesukim that have a similar word, and we're going to [music] braid it together in our praise of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Nishabechacha. We will praise [music] you. The next part of Pesuke Dezimra is Ashrei. In Ashrei, we declare Unishabechacha. Even those things in life that seem challenging, difficult, and hard, we say "Sham, we know coming from you, it's all good. Tov [music] Hashem Lakol." We now come to the five Hallelukas. The five Hallelukas are "Unifaeirocha." What does the word "Unifaeirocha" mean? The root of the word "Unifaeirocha" is "Paeir." Paeir means the glory of. Each one of the five Hallelukas corresponds to another great epic in our history. The first Halleluka talks about before the coming of Mashiach. We speak about how we can trust in anyone, only Hakadosh Baruch Hu. The second Halleluka discusses the second great epic in Jewish history. The period of time as Mashiach has come. We say "Boneh Yerushalayim Hashem." The Ribono shel Olam rebuilds Yerushalayim. "Nidchei Yisrael Yechaneis." The Ribono shel Olam gathers Kol Yisrael from all four corners of the world. The third Halleluka speaks about the arrival of Mashiach. The whole world will be transformed. The entire creation will sing Shirah to Hashem. The Shamayim, the Malachim, the clouds, the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, the animals, the fish, all of the world will join in unison as they sing Shirah to Hashem for the arrival of Mashiach Tzidkeinu. The fourth Halleluka speaks about the world of Techiyas Hameisim. The resurrection of the dead. We say "Ya'azu Chasidim Bechavod, Yeranenoo Al Mishkavosam." They will sing when they arise from their slumber. And the fifth Hallelukah is the song of the Olam Haneshamot. This is referred to as Unifa Ercha. These are five songs for the Pa'er, the glory of the history of Klal Yisrael. The next part of Suk D'zimra is referred to as Vinazkeer Shimcha. Hashem gives us happiness. Hashem gives us success. Hashem gives us material benefit, but we don't take credit for anything. We attribute everything to the chesed of Hakadosh Baruchu. Vinazkeer Shimcha, we say it's all because of your name. We say to Ribono Shel Olam in Vayivarech David U'mahalelim L'shem Tifartecha. We praise your holy name. In the Charei Simcha Bracha, we say Va'atas Lecha Shem Kahayom Hazeh. The theme of this fourth part of Suk D'zimra, Vinazkeer Shimcha, it's all attributed to the shem of Hakadosh Baruchu. And the final part of Suk D'zimra, Vinamlichecha, we coronate [music] Hashem. We give Hashem Malchus. Oz Yashir, Hashem Yimloch L'olam Va'ed. V'haya Hashem L'melech Al Kol Ha'aretz. >> [music] >> And in Yishtabach, five times in Yishtabach, we say Hashem is the Melech. This corresponds to Vinamlichecha. These are the five primary links of the chain of Suk D'zimra that reflected the chains that went up to the ceiling of the Ulam. >> Join the revolution of thousands of Jews around the world who are committing to elevate their tofillah as a merit for their families [music] and as a merit to see the base hamikdash biamenu in our time. Contact [email protected] [music] to join.