M’Hodu ad Kush
And therefore, Hallel keeps on going with this program and we say מִמִּזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ עַד מְבוֹאוֹ !’מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם ה From the rising of the sun until the setting of the sun, Hashem’s Name is to be praised.
We're saying two things here. More than two things, but two we can see easily. And we’ll take one at a time.
Number one is that ‘from one side of the world to the other side, from where the sun rises to where it sets’, it’s full of things that are intended for ‘מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם ה. You have to know that it’s not merely that we have an obligation to say hallel and brachos, and that we have to go searching for what to sing about. Some people they think they have to go to Niagara Falls or to the Swiss Alps to be able to sing.
A World of Wisdom
No. That’s absolutely wrong because Hakadosh Baruch Hu made this world for a purpose: אֱלוֹקִים עָשָׂה שֶׁיִּרְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו – He made the world that people should learn to fear Him. It's made in such a way that when you look at the world correctly, you'll come to have a great respect for Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Now that takes a lot of time to explain but that's one of the purposes. Everything in the world testifies to its Creator. Every detail is made with such wisdom, such cunning, that it is ‘מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם ה.
Even if you take a peanut, a ‘simple’ peanut, so if you push the peanut in a certain spot, it breaks open in two perfect halves. It's made like a strip pack on the cigarette boxes. There's no question you wouldn't buy cigarettes—who would smoke a cigarette and then come to Hashem and ask for another month of life?—but I'm just telling you as a mashal. A cigarette strip pack, you pull the strip and it opens up. But you see from the peanut that it’s Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s invention. Marlboro took the idea from Him. You press the peanut and it breaks in two halves. It's made with a purpose.
And inside there are two packages of luscious food with plenty of oil and fat and they're wrapped in red wrappers to keep them fresh. All this is planning. Every detail is full of chachmah.
Everything Praises
Now, that’s just a peanut — I chose one example at random— but when you look around this world you see there are so many wonderful things for our benefit, that there is never an end to this task of praising Hashem. יוֹדוּךָ ה' כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ – Hashem, all of Your works praise You. That means everything that you made in this world, from one end to the other, is for the intention of praising you. כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתְךָ יֹאמֵרוּ – They speak of the glory of Your kingdom, וּגְבוּרָתְךָ יְדַבֵּרוּ – and about Your greatness. And what’s the purpose of all these things? לְהוֹדִיעַ לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם גְּבוּרֹתָיו – It’s for the purpose of making known to man His mighty deeds, וּכְבוֹד הֲדַר מַלְכוּתוֹ – and the glory of His Majesty as the King.
