Today we are discussing the song of the Tarnigolet/ the female chicken, as opposed to the rooster . The commentaries discuss why, of all the birds, animals and creatures, we suddenly have a separate song for the female species for the tarnegolet ? (See Rav Yaakov Emden's siddur for an answer.) Others say the tarnegolet is not a regular hen, but a different species altogether. That being said, we will go with the simple explanation that it's referring to the female of the chicken family. The sefer Kenaf Renanim offers a beautiful thought. It's one of the early commentaries on Perek Shira , by Rabbi Lowe, who lived between 1787 and 1847. He says the lesson here gives tremendous musar/rebuke to people that are short-minded and lack Bitachon, who do not appreciate God's goodness. He says, ' This is a disease, that ( in his times ) spread throughout Germany and Austria , where people wait until 35 or 40 to get married because they want to first have enough money to be able to support their families.' What an interesting historical fact! And why is this a message to these people? He says, because there is no bird that reproduces more than the hen. It lays an egg a day, and it has a tremendous mercy on its chicks. Why doesn't it stop laying eggs? Shouldn't it be worried and anxious, wondering, ' Where am I going to get food for all of these chicks?' But, he says, built into the chicken is a natural reliance on Hashem, that Hashem takes care of everything, and Hashem has no shortage of abilities to take care of feeding all the world's animal population. That is why the song of the tarnegolet/hen is נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לְכָל בָּשָׂר כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ / God gives bread to all creations, because His kindness is forever. That is the message that the chicken gives us. And interestingly, Rav Chaim Kanievsky says (separately, in his commentary on Perek Shira ) that the chicken's food is always accessible. It goes around pecking, and wherever it needs to go, it always has its food. Based on this explanation, it's no coincidence that the chicken has so much food, because Hashem sees its reliance, and therefore supplies it with whatever it needs. As he says, we don't see chickens dying from starvation. This is the beautiful message of the chicken: Hashem is Noten Lechem L'Kol Basar Ki l'Olam Hasdo/ God gives bread to all creations, because His kindness is forever. The Chida, in his sefer Yosef Tehilot , quotes Tehilim 119,89, לְעוֹלָ֥ם יְהֹוָ֑ה דְּ֝בָרְךָ֗ נִצָּ֥ב בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ /Hashem Your words always are in the heavens. לְדֹ֣ר וָ֭דֹר אֱמוּנָתֶ֑ךָ כּוֹנַ֥נְתָּֽ אֶ֝֗רֶץ וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽד׃ / from generation to generation is Your trustworthiness, You set up the land and it will last. And he asks what the message is of " Your words are forever , Your loyalty is from generation to generation so the the land will stand?" He says this is same concern. The Chida lived at about the same time as Rabbi Lowe, and parnassa was probably hard all over the world. He says people might say, How can I get married? How can I have children? There's so much financial stress. How can I do it? And he answers, We have to rely on Hashem that He's Noten Lechem L'Chol Basar/ He gives bread to all creations, because His kindness is forever, and marry and have children. That's what L'dor vador/from generation to generation, means- even in these later generations, when we're in exile and life is difficult, do not hold back from having children. Why? Ledor V'Dor Emunatecha Hashem's loyalty is there from generation to generation. He's reliable. Count on Him. He wants you to get married. Konanta Eretz/ He wants you to set up the earth , which refers to getting married having children. Ki L'Olam Hasdo/Because His Kindness is forever