3 Tehillim for the Healing of Rabbanit Kanievsky, or How Acronyms Heal

3 Tehillim of Rabbanit Kanievsky, or How Acronyms Heal

When people asked Rabbanit Batsheva Kanievsky (zechutah yagen aleinu) how best to pray for Refuah Sheleimah, and which prayer was most effective, she advised them to recite the following chapters of Tehillim: 48, 35, and 91 consecutively for three days. Reciting the three chapters—48, 35 and 91—in this order is important because the names of these chapters in Hebrew form the acronym מחלה צא — “machlah” (illness), “tzei” (go away), meaning: “Go away, illness.” 48 — מח 35 — לה 91 — צא As we can see, “Go away, illness” is not merely an affirmation, but an instruction from Tehillim of David HaMelech on how to banish illness from the body. Tehillim 48 — מח (1) Shir mizmor livnei Korach. (2) Gadol Adonai umehulal meod, be'ir Eloheinu har kodsho. (3) Yefeh nof mesos kol ha'aretz, har Tziyon yarketei tzafon, kiryat Melech rav. (4) Elohim be'armenoteha noda lemisgav. (5) Ki hineh hamelachim no'adu, avru yachdav. (6) Hemah ra'u ken tamahu, nivhalu nechpazu. (7) Re'adah achazatam sham, chil kayoleidah. (8) Beruach kadim teshaber oniyot Tarshish. (9) Ka'asher shamanu ken ra'inu be'ir Adonai Tzevaot, be'ir Eloheinu, Elohim yechonenah ad olam selah. (10) Diminu Elohim chasdecha, bekerev heichalecha. (11) Keshimcha Elohim ken tehilatecha al katzvei eretz, tzedek maleh yeminecha. (12) Yismach har Tziyon, tagelna benot Yehudah, lema'an mishpatecha. (13) Sobu Tziyon vehekiifuha, sifru migdaleha. (14) Shitu libechem lecheilah, pasgu armonoteha, lema'an tesaperu ledor acharon. (15) Ki zeh Elohim Eloheinu olam va'ed, hu yenahagenu al mut. Tehillim 35 — לה (1) LeDavid, rivah Adonai et yerivai, lecham et lochamai. (2) Hachazek magen vetsinah, vekumah be'ezrati. (3) Ve'harek chanit u'sgor likrat rodafai, emor lenafshi yeshuatech ani. (4) Yevoshu veyikalemu mevakshei nafshi, yisogu achor veyachperu choshevei ra'ati. (5) Yihyu kemotz lifnei ruach, umalach Adonai do'cheh. (6) Yehi darkam choshech vachalaklakot, umalach Adonai rodefam. (7) Ki chinam tamenu li shachat rishtam, chinam chafru lenafshi. (8) Tevo'ehu sho'ah lo yeda, verishto asher taman tilkedo, besho'ah yipol bah. (9) Venafshi tagel baAdonai, tasis bishuato. (10) Kol atzmotai tomarna, Adonai mi chamocha, matzil ani mechazak mimenu, ve'ani ve'evyon migozelo. (11) Yakumun edei chamas, asher lo yadati yish'aluni. (12) Yeshalemuni ra'ah tachat tovah, shechol lenafshi. (13) Va'ani bachalotam levushi sak, ineti batzom nafshi, utefilati al cheiki tashuv. (14) Kere'a ke'ach li hithalachti, ka'avel em kodder shachoti. (15) Uvetzali samechu, ve'ne'esfu, ne'esfu alai ne'echim velo yadati, kare'u velo damu. (16) Bechanfei la'agei ma'og, charok alai shineimo. (17) Adonai, kamah tir'eh, hashivah nafshi misho'ehem, mikefirim yechidati. (18) Odecha bekahal rav, be'am atzum ahaleleka. (19) Al yism'echu li oyvai sheker, sone'ai chinam yikretzu ayin. (20) Ki lo shalom yedaberu, ve'al rigei eretz divrei mirmot yachashovun. (21) Veyarchivu alai pihem, amru he'ach he'ach, ra'atah eineinu. (22) Ra'ita, Adonai, al techerash; Adonai, al tirchak mimeni. (23) He'irah vehekitzah lemishpati, Elohai va'Adonai lerivi. (24) Shofeteni ketsidkecha, Adonai Elohai, ve'al yism'echu li. (25) Al yomru velibam he'ach nafshenu, al yomru bila'anu. (26) Yevoshu veyachperu yachdav semechei ra'ati, yilbeshu voshet uchlimah hamagdilim alai. (27) Yaronu veyismechu chafetzey tzidki, veyomru tamid yigdal Adonai, hechafetz shelom avdo. (28) Ulshoni tehegeh tzidkecha, kol hayom tehilatecha. Tehillim 91 — צא (1) Yoshev beseter Elyon, betzel Shaddai yitlonan. (2) Omar laAdonai machsi umtzudati, Elohai evtach bo. (3) Ki hu yatzilecha mipach yakush, midever havot. (4) Be'evrato yasech lach, vetachat kenafav techseh, tzinah vesocherah amito. (5) Lo tira mipachad laylah, mechetz ya'uf yomam. (6) Midever ba'ofel yahalokh, miketев yashud tzohorayim. (7) Yipol mitzidcha elef, urvavah miminecha, elecha lo yigash. (8) Rak be'einecha tabit, veshilumat resha'im tir'eh. (9) Ki atah Adonai machsi, Elyon samta me'onecha. (10) Lo te'uneh elecha ra'ah, venega lo yikrav be'aholecha. (11) Ki malachav yetzaveh lach, lishmorcha bechol derachecha. (12) Al kapayim yisa'uncha, pen tigof ba'even raglecha. (13) Al shachal vafeten tidroch, tirmos kefir vetanin. (14) Ki vi chashak va'afaltehu, asagevehu ki yada Shemi. (15) Yikra'eni ve'e'enehu, imo anochi vetzarah, achaltzehu va'achabedehu. (16) Orekh yamim asbi'ehu, ve'arehu bishuati. (https://www.hidabroot.org/article/215305)