your purposes. I only want to do your will.” So Hirsch stated, “Whenever you say to God: ‘Blessed art Thou …’ you subject all the powers of your being to the fulfilment of the Divine will” (Hirsch 475). The b’rakhah is not just a form of words or even an expression of gratitude but something much deeper and infinitely more demanding. The Hebrew word nefesh (soul) refers to the whole personality, the total being. Therefore, when I say “Bless the Lord, my soul,” I am laying everything I am at his feet
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