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Seven times a day do I praise You [G-d], due to Your righteous ordinances.
What is the meaning of this?
In the morning; one recites two blessings before the Shema, and one after it = 3 benedictions
In the evening; on recites two before it and two after it = 4 benedictions
3 + 4 = 7 praises/blessings
Divrei Hayamim Chronicles I, chapter 29:11:
Yours, O Lord, are 1/ the greatness, 2/ and the might, 3/ and the glory, 4/ and the victory, 5/ and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth [is Yours]; 6/ Yours is the kingdom and [You are He] Who is 7/ exalted over everything as the Leader.
The 7 expressions of exaltation above correspond to the 7 / 10 Sefirot (divine channels or attributes in the divine/Kabbalistic tree of life) as follows:
1/ Greatness / Chessed – loving kindness (Abraham, our forefather)
2/ Might / Discipline / Judgement – Din / Gevura (Isaac, our forefather)
3/ Glory / Truth - Tiferet (Jacob or Israel, our forefather)
4/ Victory / Eternity - Netzach (Moses, our victorious leader)
5/ Majesty / Priesthood – Hod (Aaron, the priest)
6/ Kingdom / Divine Presence – Malkhut / Shekhina (David, the king / Kingdom of the messiah)
7/ Exaltation – Yesod (Joseph, who was exalted over his brothers)
Alternatively, attribute 7/ Yesod - embraces all the remaining 3 attributes of Keter (Crown), Chokhma (Knowledge / Wisdom), and Bina (understanding).
Conclusion:
King David and our sages fixed our prayers with Ruach Hakodesh (divine inspiration), and there is nothing by coincidence in Judaism – it all fits together in a divine jigsaw puzzle.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
