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הכתב והקבלה — כי שם ה' אקרא הבו גדל לאלהינו

Rashi reads 'כי שם ה' אקרא הבו גדל לאלהינו' as: when *I* call upon Hashem's name (i.e., recite a brachah), respond with 'baruch shem kevod malchuto.' But HaKtav suggests a different addressee for 'שם ה'.'

שם ה'. לדעתי הוא שם תואר אל התורה, כי כמו שהתורה למעלתה הנכבדת לבלי תכלית נקראת תפארת הוד והדר וחמדה... ככה מתוארת במלת 'שם', שיורה גם על התהלה והתפארת, כמו 'אנשי שם', 'לתהלה ולשם ולתפארת', וטעם 'שם ה'', יקר בעיני ה'.

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הכתב והקבלה

הכתב והקבלה, דברים ל״ב:ג׳

HaKtav VeHaKabalah, Deuteronomy 32:3

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Q — Rashi reads 'כי שם ה' אקרא הבו גדל לאלהינו' as: when *I* call upon Hashem's name (i.e., recite a brachah), respond with 'baruch shem kevod malchuto.' But HaKtav suggests a different addressee for 'שם ה'.'

A — HaKtav VeHaKabbalah identifies 'שם ה'' as a *title for Torah*. Torah is variously called תפארת (Berachot 58a on 'לך ה' הגדלה'), הוד והדר (Shabbat 88b on 'הודך והדרך'), and חמדה (Sanhedrin 102b on 'כל מחמד עיניך') — and 'שם' is a parallel synonym, attested elsewhere as glory/renown ('אנשי שם,' Bamidbar 16:2; 'לתהלה ולשם ולתפארת,' Devarim 26:19). 'שם ה'' therefore means '*the glory of Hashem*' — Torah itself. The verse then reads: 'When I proclaim *Hashem's Torah/glory*, ascribe greatness to our God.' Moshe's song-introduction is a call to recognize Torah-study as the route to ascribing greatness to Hashem. It is also (HaKtav notes in continuation) connected to the prior verse's image of Torah-words descending like rain and dew — the song *is* Torah, and proclaiming Torah is the act through which the listeners give greatness to God.

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