מקבילות הלולאות אשה אל אחתה (תרומה כו:ה)

The holy Reb Yisroel of Ruzhin zt ’l was once relating tales of tzaddikim before davening Shacharis. Time elapsed, until he suddenly noticed that its close to the time one is allowed to daven. The holy Ruzhiner exclaimed: “Ah! It’s late! But what is the difference in relating stories of tzaddikim and davening to Hashem? The difference is as follows: Davening to Hashem is,יהללו את שם ה” – prasing the name of Hashem, whereas relating stories of tzaddikim is “הללו עבדי ה’”  – prasing Hashem’s servants, since tzaddikim are Hashem’s servants.  Sometimes it says in tehillim first הללו עבדי ה’ and later ‘הללו את שם ה’’ and sometimes the opposite.  If so, davening and relating stories of tzaddikim are equally worthy.  This is alluded to in the passuk that talks about the Mishkan: מקבילות הלולאות – both pesukim of “הללו” are equally chashuv (worthy) one to another.