Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 61:3
בשני מה היו אומרים (תהלים מח, ב) גדול ה' ומהולל מאד על שם שחילק מעשיו ומלך עליהן
[The one commencing], Great is the Lord and highly to be praised,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLVIII, 2.');"><sup>5</sup></span> because he divided His works<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the upper and lower worlds.');"><sup>6</sup></span> and reigned over them like a king.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This apparently means, reigned over the lower world from the heavens, referred to in the psalm as 'beautiful in elevation in the city of a great king'. [R. Hananel: Thus did He set aside Jerusalem to become 'the city of our God, the mountain of his holiness'.]');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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