(א) מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד הָב֣וּ לַֽ֭ה' בְּנֵ֣י אֵלִ֑ים הָב֥וּ לַ֝ה' כָּב֥וֹד וָעֹֽז׃ (ב) הָב֣וּ לַֽ֭ה' כְּב֣וֹד שְׁמ֑וֹ הִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לַ֝ה' בְּהַדְרַת־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ (ג) ק֥וֹל ה' עַל־הַ֫מָּ֥יִם אֵֽל־הַכָּב֥וֹד הִרְעִ֑ים ה' עַל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃ (ד) קוֹל־ה' בַּכֹּ֑חַ ק֥וֹל ה' בֶּהָדָֽר׃ (ה) ק֣וֹל ה' שֹׁבֵ֣ר אֲרָזִ֑ים וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר ה' אֶת־אַרְזֵ֥י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (ו) וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃ (ז) קוֹל־ה' חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃ (ח) ק֣וֹל ה' יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל ה' מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃ (ט) ק֤וֹל ה' ׀ יְחוֹלֵ֣ל אַיָּלוֹת֮ וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף יְעָ֫ר֥וֹת וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ אֹמֵ֥ר כָּבֽוֹד׃ (י) ה' לַמַּבּ֣וּל יָשָׁ֑ב וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב ה' מֶ֣לֶךְ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (יא) ה' עֹ֭ז לְעַמּ֣וֹ יִתֵּ֑ן ה' ׀ יְבָרֵ֖ךְ אֶת־עַמּ֣וֹ בַשָּׁלֽוֹם׃
(1) A psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O divine beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. (2) Ascribe to the LORD the glory of His name; bow down to the LORD, majestic in holiness. (3) The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over the mighty waters. (4) The voice of the LORD is power; the voice of the LORD is majesty; (5) the voice of the LORD breaks cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. (6) He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion, like a young wild ox. (7) The voice of the LORD kindles flames of fire; (8) the voice of the LORD convulses the wilderness; the LORD convulses the wilderness of Kadesh; (9) the voice of the LORD causes hinds to calve, and strips forests bare; while in His temple all say “Glory!” (10) The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood; the LORD sits enthroned, king forever. (11) May the LORD grant strength to His people; may the LORD bestow on His people wellbeing.
GEMARA: Since the mishna deals with the fundamental obligation to recite the Amida prayer, the Gemara seeks to resolve fundamental problems pertaining to this prayer. Corresponding to what were these eighteen blessings instituted? When the Shemoneh Esreh was instituted by the Sages, on what did they base the number of blessings?Rabbi Levi said: According to Rabbi Hillel, son of Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani, who said that the eighteen blessings correspond to the eighteen mentions of God’s name that King David said in the psalm, the nineteenth blessing corresponds to a reference to God in that psalm, where a name other than the tetragrammaton was used: “The God of glory thunders” (Psalms 29:3). According to Rav Yosef, who said that the eighteen blessings correspond to the eighteen mentions of God’s name in Shema, the additional blessing corresponds to the word one that is in Shema. Although it is not the tetragrammaton, it expresses the essence of faith in God.
The essence of the establishment of the festival of Chanukah was the military defeat of the Greeks, except that it was not apparent to them that this victory was a miracle … Therefore, the miracle of the lights of the Menorah was performed for them so that they would know that everything was a miracle from Gd.