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Every chapter that was dear to David, he began with “happy is” and concluded with “happy is.” He opened with “happy is,” as it is written: “Happy is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked or stood in the way of sinners or sat in the dwelling place of the scornful” (Psalms 1:1). And
With regard to the statement of R' Yehuda, son of R' Shimon ben Pazi, that David did not say Halleluya until he saw the downfall of the wicked, the Talmud relates: There were these hooligans in R' Meir’s neighborhood who caused him a great deal of anguish. R' Meir prayed for God to have mercy on the
Moreover, go to the end of the verse, where it says: “And the wicked will be no more.” If, as you suggest, transgressions shall cease refers to the demise of the evildoers, how is it possible that the wicked will be no more, i.e., that they will no longer be evil? Rather, pray for God to have mer
R' Meir saw that Berurya was correct and he prayed for God to have mercy on them, and they repented.
The Talmud relates an additional example of Berurya’s incisive insight: A certain heretic said to Berurya: It is written: “Sing, barren woman who has not given birth, open forth in song and cry, you did not travail, for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, sa