Welcome to our special mini series of Pesukim of Musaf Rosh Hashana. We are up to our fourth pasuk (I went out of order yesterday- that was really the fifth pasuk) Tehilim 111,4 זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו חַנּ֖וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהֹוָֽה׃ / God made a remembrance for His wonders, Hashem is gracious and kind. What does that mean? Rashi says Hashem made for us Shabbat, holidays and many mitzvot that have the concept of Zechira / remembrance , because Hashem is Hanun and Rachum/gracious and kind, and He wants to give us the opportunity to become righteous- by giving us these mitzvot. In this context, Zecher means something for us to remember . On this pasuk , the Chida, in his sefer Yosef Tehilot and Chomat Anach as well, quotes the Arizal that any miracle that happens to the Jewish people, whether it's for the public or the individual, through God's great kindness a tremendous light breaks through all the negative forces. That's what brings about the miracle. Every year that light repeats itself, and that's what happens all the holidays. And that's what זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו means. Every year, God gives us the opportunity to have a holiday and a way to recreate those same lights. Because Hashem's kindness is forever, He wants, every year, to give us those lights. Furthermore, when we remember them, that is what's going to save us. That's what's going to bring about the yeshua . So, because God wants to save us, He gave us the opportunities to remember the things of the past and bring us zechuyot . This is always important, but especially so on Rosh Hashanah. What are we doing on Rosh Hashanah? What are we remembering on Rosh Hashanah? It's Yom Hazikaron . We remember that Adam HaRishon was created. That was a great miracle. God came down to make a man that wasn't worthy of anything, that the angels said not to create him. But God created him anyway, and said, I have faith. God knew he would eat from the Etz Hadaat , and He created him anyway. That is, so to say, the miracle of Rosh Hashanah- that God didn't listen to the angels and created man- Naaseh Adam, We're going to make man. That repeats itself every year- for every individual. God will give us another year, even though we might not deserve it, He'll give us another chance. That's one aspect. Another aspect of Rosh Hashanah is that Adam HaRishon sinned and got out with mercy. He was supposed to die that day, but God turned that day into a thousand years (a day of God is a thousand years). He found mercy, a way to ameliorate the strict justice. And that also repeats itself. So that's an important concept of this זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו And that is why every single day, we say Zecher L'Yetziat Mitzrayim- to invoke every single day that power of Yetziat Mitzrayim. This not a simple concept. As we've said before, every single day we pray Gaal Yisrael , and then we pray the Amida. As the Yerushalmi says, you have to mention Yetziat Mitzrayim before you pray, because according to the Arizal, it doesn't only empower you in your Emunah in God, but it gives you the zechut to have the same miracles happen to you. So before Shaharit and before Arbit , we talk about Yetziat Mitzrayim in Keriat Shema in Emet Veyatziv and Emet V'Emuna. Because of זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו , the fact that God asked us to remember things, that's going to bring around Hanun V'Rachum Hashem. One last point, that the Midrash Tehilim tells us is that זכר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑ז what God did is just a remembrance . It's just a souvenir, a token, says Midrash Tehilim. Everything we look at today is nothing . It's just a little bird feed. It's just the remembering . It's like Hashem is saying, Do you see the goodness that I have? Just wait until you see what I really have. This is the hors d'oeuvres. This is just a little taste of what is yet to come. But LaAtid Lavo, that's going to be forever and ever. This is just a little remembrance, a little token of what God can do. זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו These are two beautiful thoughts for us to have in mind when we're saying these pesukim.