Rosh Hashanah 31a Part 1/8

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What did the Levim sing on each day of the week, and why that song? A beraisa, Rabbi Yehuda in the name of Rabbi Akiva, ties each day's song to what Hashem did on that day of creation. On Shabbos, Rabbi Akiva looks ahead to the day that will be entirely Shabbos, and Rabbi Nechemia looks back to Hashem resting. The Shabbos song never once mentions Shabbos, and that is left to be explained next week.

Key points

• In Sunday's song, the word for acquiring means Hashem owns the world because He built it.
• Wednesday's song calls Hashem a God of revenge, since sun and moon gave nations an excuse.
• One commentary: accepting the moon's complaint, rather than saying neither is king, is why Hashem seeks kapara.
• Rashi reads Thursday's song as people praising Hashem for beautiful birds and fish.
• Rabbi Nechemia asks for consistency, so the Shabbos song is about Hashem resting at creation.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Sunday's song
2. 3:53Kapitlach of Tehillim said earlier
3. 8:11Wednesday: the God of revenge
4. 9:17The moon made smaller
5. 13:41Thursday: birds and fish
6. 15:39Friday: Hashem is the king
7. 17:23Shabbos: Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Nechemia
8. 21:49The Shabbos song without Shabbos

Topics

• Tehillim
• Shabbos
• Rabbi Akiva