Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

Tehilim Perek 148 Hello everybody. Today’s NachDaily will discuss Tehilim Chapter 148. We continue in the Pesukey D’zimra as we wind down with the last few chapters. In this perek the author specifies the various parts of the creation that praise God, beginning with the heavens, then moving on down to the angels and stars. From the highest of the spiritual worlds to the lowest, they are all called upon to praise Hashem. The perek then specifies the specific areas of the physical creation that praise Him. The earth, great sea monsters, the depths, fire and hail, snow and smoke, mountains and hills, fruit trees and insects, are called upon to ‘Hallelu es Hashem, praise God.’ Kings, princes, judges, men, women, children, old and young. Last but not least, Am Yisrael is called upon to praise Him. The Malbim explains that there are several categories in the perek. First - the higher spiritual worlds all the way down to our world. Second - the arba yesodos, 4 foundational elements which encompas