ברוך שאמר
Barukh She'amar
Barukh She'amar · Blessed is He who spoke
Opening of Pesukei Dezimra. Nulman: Men of the Great Assembly tradition and eighty-seven words.
01 · Possible origins
What the sources say about beginnings
Authorship and dating traditions (chiefly Nulman) and scholarly reconstructions (Langer/Reif) stay distinct. Competing hypotheses appear side by side.
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Tradition or narrative
Nulman attributes the composition of Barukh She'amar (opening of Pesukei Dezimra) to the Men of the Great Assembly, to whom tradition says it was revealed from heaven with eighty-seven words (the numerical value of paz, 'refined gold').
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