The Tefilah Podcast

The Meaning of Halleluyah/Hallelukah (Pesachim 117a)

April 06, 2021 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
The Tefilah Podcast
The Meaning of Halleluyah/Hallelukah (Pesachim 117a)
Show Notes

In tonight's Tehilim shiur (4/6/21 at YBT) we decided to take up a side-topic: the meaning of the word הללויה. I figured that we'll encounter it eventually (and already did, back when we did 146), and rather than go off on a tangent then, we'll just discuss it now. Plus, it comes up so much in davening. Although we read through the whole sugya in the Gemara, along with the Mesivta's summary of some meforshim, we ended up focusing on three possible meanings of the word. We kind of had to rush at the end, but at least we opened up some avenues of thought!
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מקורות:
פסחים דף קיז עמוד א
רשב"ם שם
מהרש"א שם
בטיב גיטין - מרגליות עמוד נד עמוד א
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