The Ultimate Hadras Melech

Rosh Hashanah is all about accepting Hashem as our King and davening for the day when His malchus will be reflected in every particle of a word illuminated with His presence. As they were walking to shul for davening on Rosh Hashanah 2020, the chevra reflected on the central place Am Yisrael occupies in turning this dream into reality. The tzaddikim teach that "Ein melech b'lo am," there can be no king without a nation, and "b'rov am hadras melech," the glory of the king is revealed when the masses are unified in their acceptance of his sovereignty. As they passed all of the scattered backyard minyanim, Jews separated from one another by a global pandemic, they wondered, with a pang in their hearts, where the "hadras melech" was in this unfortunate reality. "Ribbono shel Olam!" they thought. "We're doing this for You! We want so desperately to reveal Your malchus in the world. Please bring our entire nation back together in Yerushalayim so we can foster an ultimate 'hadras Melech' together with the most expansive 'rov am'!" It wasn't long before this plea turned into a melody, and B'rov Am was born.

ברב עם הדרת מלך
משלי פרק יד פסוק כח

אין מלך בלא עם
רבינו בחיי בראשית פרק לח פסוק ל

Artist Eitan Katz
Composed by The Blumstein Brothers, RM
Produced by Aryeh Kunstler

לע״נ ר׳ אפרים דוב בער בן יעקב יהודה לע״נ
ר׳ חיים יחיאל שלום בן  ר׳ ישכר בעריש ז״ל

(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 873)