Abundance in Praising God
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Question
Prohibition of Praising God Hello Rabbi, I wanted to ask, it is mentioned in sources that it is forbidden to praise God because a person cannot truly comprehend and describe the greatness of the Almighty. How is this interpreted? Can a person praying a personal prayer say how good God is, etc.? Where is the boundary of the Halacha?
Answer
Hello Rabbi
Certainly, there is no prohibition against praising God, as we see in the Written and Oral Torah, where they thanked and praised the Almighty.
The prohibition exists when one excessively increases praise (Maharal).
Or when speaking in the present tense rather than in the past tense (Chemdat Yamim).
It can also be said that in places where the sages established certain praises, and an individual wants to add to them, it is said that this shows as if he wants to say all the praises, and this is a disgrace to God, as if after he added, he has already completed all the praises.
Source
Megillah 25b
Netivot Olam Maharal there
Chemdat Yamim Elul and Rosh Hashanah