Hallel explained – 1

The chapters of Hallel, according to the explanation of Rabbeinu Don Yitzchok Abarbanel, deal predominantly with the Future Redemption, the anticipation thereof, and the comparison between it and the First Redemption at the time of the Exodus from Egypt.

Tehillim – 113

הַלֲלוּיָ-הּ-“Hallelujah”-Praise the L-rd. And who are the appropriate people to praise Hashem? הַלֲלוּ עַבְדֵי ה’-The servants of Hashem should praise, for only they, and no other people, are fit to praise and laud Him. And who should we praise? הַלֲלוּ אֶת שֵׁם ה’-Praise the Name of Hashem, for we are completely unable to fathom the essence of Hashem and therefore we are entirely incapable of praising Him. That which we are able to comprehend is only His Name as it has been revealed to us through the Prophets, and it is that Name which we are praising, for more than that we cannot fathom. And when is the appropriate time to praise Hashem? מֵעַתָּה יְהִי שֵׁם ה’ מְבֹרָךְ-The Name of Hashem should be Blessed from now, which is the time of the Exodus from Egypt, for at that time His individual supervision over all people was recognized by all, וְעַד עוֹלָם-and forever, as from now on people will always know about the supervision of the creations by Hashem. And where are the places where they praise the Name of Hashem? In all the World, because מִמִּזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ-from the rising of the sun, which is on the East side of the World from which the sun shines forth, עַד מְבוֹאוֹ-until its setting, which is on the West, where the sun sets at night, מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם ה’-the Name of Hashem is praised, as all the Nations acknowledge the existence of the original Cause of the Creation of all the Worlds, but רָם עַל כָּל גּוֹיִם ה’-Hashem is exalted over all the Nations, Hashem is considered to be exalted by all the Nations, and they therefore consider that because of his tremendous transcendence he does not oversee all the details and the deeds of Mankind, and they think that עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּבוֹדוֹ-His glory is only over the Heavens, and not over Mankind on the Earth. However, that is not the truth, only מִי כַּה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ-who is like Hashem our G-d, who, even though in actual fact He is lofty and exalted-הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת-who elevates Himself to sit, nevertheless, הַמַּשְׁפִּילִי לִרְאוֹת בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ-He lowers himself to see (what takes place) in the Heavens and the Earth, for his supervision protects and accompanies all the deeds of Mankind, and because of the magnitude of His supervision, He will occasionally change the laws of nature, מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל-He raises the poor person from the dust of his poverty, מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן-from the garbage dumps He will elevate the pauper who has nothing, in the same way that He elevated Klal Yisrael (the Jewish People) in Egypt from their lowliness and poverty, and even though the heavenly constellations forecast that this person will be poor and indigent, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will lift him up to the peak of the heights, לְהוֹשִׁיבִי-to make him sit in a high important place עִם נְדִיבִים-with great people, and not only with great people from other nations who did not know him at the time of his low state, but עִם נְדִיבֵי עַמּוֹ-with the great ones of his nation even though they were acquainted with him in his poverty-and in general one does not honor a pauper who rises to greatness-and in the same way מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת-He seats the barren woman of the house, Hashem takes the childless woman, who was worried and miserable because she had no children, and changes the laws of nature and the constellations until she becomes אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה-the happy mother of children. Therefore, הַלְלוּיָ-הּ-“Praise the L-rd.”-It is incumbent upon you, the servants of Hashem, to praise Him for his power over all the Worlds.