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

Tehilim Perek 136 Hello everybody, in today’s NachDaily we’ll be discussing Tehilim chapter 13. This is the second chapter of the “Hallel Hagadol.” All of the verses end with “ki l’olam chasdo, His kindness is forever.” The Gemarah in Pessachim 118:a says that the 26 pessukim in this perek correspond to the 26 generations from the creation of the world until the receiving of the Torah. Up until Kabbalas HaTorah, Hashem sustained the world through His chessed. Although only the Jewish nation received the Torah, the whole world exists in the merit of Yisrael. B’reishis stands for “b’shvil Yisrael shenikra reishis, for the sake of Yisrael that is called ‘the first,’ […the whole world was created.]” This perek is called “Hallel Hagadol, the big Hallel,” because verse 25 says that “Hu nossen lechem l’chol basar, Hashem gives bread to all mankind.” That Hashem makes sure there’s enough for everyone on earth to eat is a great kindness. The Ramak says that the 26 pessukim in this perek correspond to Hashe