The Power Of Ashrei
Malchus’cha malchus kol olamim, u’memshalt’cha b’chol dor va’dor. Your kingdom is a kingdom...
Malchus’cha malchus kol olamim, u’memshalt’cha b’chol dor va’dor. Your kingdom is a kingdom...
The month of Elul is a great gift of love from Hashem. The four Hebrew letters of the month of Elul are used to provide us with an understanding of what this great month of opportunity is all about. Perhaps the most well-known one is “Ani l’dodi v’dodi li (I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine).” The first letter of each of the four words together spell the letters in the Hebrew form of the word Elul.
Seriously Anticipating Mashiach’s Arrival
We are within The Nine Days, just prior to Tish’ah B’Av. May we see the salvation before this Tish’ah B’Av.
This week, we present Shemoneh Esrei 45 and 46 on the brachah of “R’tzei” followed by a segment on Tish’ah B’Av.
This week, we are continuing to present the flow of each pasuk in this mizmor, starting with pasuk 6, as it fits into the overall theme of the mizmor.
We are within the Three Weeks, where we turn our focus to mourning the loss of the Beis HaMikdash. The deeper aspects of what we mourn are the following:
Over the past Three Weeks, we have focused on the brachos in Shemoneh Esrei that ask for the rebuilding of Yerushalayim, the sprouting of Mashiach, and the return of the Sh’chinah to Zion.
This week, we are presenting the flow of each pasuk as it fits into the overall theme of this mizmor. We will, b’ezras Hashem, continue next week to complete the p’sukim we have presented up to now, and then conclude the mizmor, b’ezras Hashem.