If a person enters a store and requests an item, there is nothing more to his words than his request. Other times the person listening to what is being said understands that there is another message behind the simple meaning of the words. For example, if a child come to her parent and starts telling her parent about something she did, while the child is verbalizing a simple story the parent hears "love" permeating every word.
But it is a completely different situation when a child is aware that her parent is moved from hearing what is going on with her and comes initially with that intent. Even though she is only telling a story and does not articulate the depth of feeling she is directing toward her parent's heart. The father understands the child's intent and his feeling to his child is even greater.
There is a private communication between the two of them. Someone who overhears the conversation may understand it in its simple superficiality, but their hearts that are full of mutual love understand what an outsider cannot.
The same is true of the praises from a recipient to his benefactor. There is the simple understanding of the words that are being spoken, but there is also a deeper message being communicated. The recipient is giving part of himself to his benefactor with his words. This is the hidden, unverbalized message that expresses the wonderful closeness they share.
With this we can understand the praises we say to Hashem in the Pesukei D'Zimrah. There is a deeper message underlying the words that we are communicating to Hashem. "Look into my heart and hear what I am saying. Understand how close I feel to You."
This depth of communication awakens the heart of the benefactor to reach out with kindness. It creates a deep, personal, connection between the two. Only the heart of man and Hashem can hear these deep feelings that are expressed in the words of praise. The result will be that the benefactor will happily entrust the recipient with all of His greatest treasures.
But it is a completely different situation when a child is aware that her parent is moved from hearing what is going on with her and comes initially with that intent. Even though she is only telling a story and does not articulate the depth of feeling she is directing toward her parent's heart. The father understands the child's intent and his feeling to his child is even greater.
There is a private communication between the two of them. Someone who overhears the conversation may understand it in its simple superficiality, but their hearts that are full of mutual love understand what an outsider cannot.
The same is true of the praises from a recipient to his benefactor. There is the simple understanding of the words that are being spoken, but there is also a deeper message being communicated. The recipient is giving part of himself to his benefactor with his words. This is the hidden, unverbalized message that expresses the wonderful closeness they share.
With this we can understand the praises we say to Hashem in the Pesukei D'Zimrah. There is a deeper message underlying the words that we are communicating to Hashem. "Look into my heart and hear what I am saying. Understand how close I feel to You."
This depth of communication awakens the heart of the benefactor to reach out with kindness. It creates a deep, personal, connection between the two. Only the heart of man and Hashem can hear these deep feelings that are expressed in the words of praise. The result will be that the benefactor will happily entrust the recipient with all of His greatest treasures.
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