Berachos 2b § 1
Praising the King's Silver
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Had the members of the Great Assembly not come
and incorporated them into the Amida prayer,
we would not be permitted to recite them.
And you went on and recited all of these.
It is comparable to a king who possessed
many 1000s of golden dinars, yet they were
praising him for silver ones. Isn't that deprecatory?
All of the praises we could possibly lavish
upon the Lord are nothing but a few silver
dinars relative to many 1000s of golden dinars
Reciting a litany of praise does not enhance God's honor.
and incorporated them into the Amida prayer,
we would not be permitted to recite them.
And you went on and recited all of these.
It is comparable to a king who possessed
many 1000s of golden dinars, yet they were
praising him for silver ones. Isn't that deprecatory?
All of the praises we could possibly lavish
upon the Lord are nothing but a few silver
dinars relative to many 1000s of golden dinars
Reciting a litany of praise does not enhance God's honor.