Gvuros HaShem

Learning Gvuros HaShem of the Maharal, in-depth, line by line. Join Rabbi Aryeh Shulman, Rosh Kollel Ateres Ami, in learning about the formation of the Jewish people and learning how to understand the words of our sages.

Gvuros HaShem is a religion podcast hosted by Rabbi Aryeh Shulman, with 419 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Chapter 65 Episode 6

  Aug 16, 202632 minS1

  Rabbi Shulman continues unpacking *Hallel HaGadol* (Tehillim 136) through the lens of the Maharal, showing how its sequence is a guided descent from Hashem’s transcendent governance—mediated through distinct classes of מלאכים—down into the created physical order of שמים וארץ and their details. He explains why “לעושה נפלאות גדולות לבדו” is placed before the description of the heavens: miracles flow from realms beyond the physical. Finally, Rabbi Shulman frames the transition from creation to יציאת מצרים as the “tenth,” sanctified stage—because the emergence of כלל ישראל is itself a completion of מעשה בראשית, giving the world its purpose. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-65f-20260816-160429-outline-20260816-160508.pdf

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  Chapter 65 Episode 5

  Aug 5, 202626 minS1

  Episode Notes Notes go hereRabbi Shulman explains the Maharal’s approach to the structure of the cups at the Seder, emphasizing that the Gemara’s primary girsa points to two distinct cups beyond the basic four: the fourth for Hallel (with ברכת השיר) and an additional fifth connected to הלל הגדול. From there, Rabbi Shulman develops the Maharal’s central theological idea: why הלל הגדול is “great”—because it highlights Hashem not only as Creator but as the constant Sustainer, the “עילה” upon which all “עלולים” (dependent beings) rely for ongoing existence and פרנסה. He then connects the 26 refrains of “כי לעולם חסדו” to Shem Havayah (יהוה), and begins unpacking the hierarchy of angelic roles implied by “אלהי האלהים” and “אדוני האדונים.” Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-65e-20260802-160430-outline-20260802-160514.pdf

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  Chapter 65 Episode 4

  Aug 5, 202629 minS1

  Rabbi Shulman analyzes the closing structure of Hallel as it appears in *Nishmat* and *Yishtabach*, focusing on why some sections emphasize **eight** praises “from our side” while *Yishtabach* enumerates **fifteen** praises “from Hashem’s side.” He explains the conceptual difference between **הלל** (praise for Hashem’s beneficence) and **שירה** (song about Hashem’s might), and why the “big finish” of Hallel must culminate with a heightened form of praise. He then transitions to the sugya of a possible **fifth cup** at the seder, why it’s absent from the Mishnah’s required cups, and why *הלל הגדול* is called “great” as it highlights Hashem’s ongoing providence—especially sustaining all creation with food. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-65d-20260729-121702-outline-20260729-121750.pdf

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  Chapter 65 Episode 3

  Aug 5, 202634 minS1

  Rabbi Shulman analyzes why the Mishnah in Pesachim refers to the concluding berakhah after Hallel on the seder night with the unusual title **ברכת השיר** rather than the standard **יברך אחריו** (i.e., *Yehallukha*). He explains the Maharal’s approach: on leil Pesach, Hallel functions as **שירה**, and that “song-status” creates an added requirement for a formal concluding berakhah. From there, Rabbi Shulman explores Rabbi Yochanan’s position that **נשמת** (culminating in **ישתבח**) is “the song,” highlights the theme of **eight praises**, and then presents the Maharal’s critique of the practical Ashkenazic compromise (saying *Yehallukha* without its closing and then finishing with *Nishmat/Yishtabach*). Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-65c-20260719-160533-outline-20260719-160610.pdf

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  Chapter 65 Episode 2

  Jul 12, 202627 minS1

  Rabbi Shulman continues the Maharal’s discussion (פרק סה) of praising Hashem with the word “אָז,” explaining how “אָז” signals transcendence beyond the natural world of “seven” and even beyond time. He develops the Midrashic image that Israel “clothes” Hashem כביכול with a “חלוק של תפארת,” since honor functions like a garment, and the Torah’s expressions of עֹז are engravings on that robe. Rabbi Shulman then connects the “tearing” of this garment not primarily to the חטא העגל but to the חורבן בית המקדש, when Hashem’s splendor in the lower world is diminished. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/gvuros-hashem-65b-20260712-150529-outline-20260712-150600.pdf

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