Reciting Tehillim and the Throne of Glory
The Rebbe of Sudilkov—the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov and the son of his only daughter, Adel—was raised in Medzhybizh by the Besht, who revealed many of the Torah's secrets to him. The Baal Shem Tov assigned a special role to the recitation of Tehillim. There are accounts of how the Besht would interrupt important prayers with his disciples simply to discover the source of the powerful Light he perceived through ruach hakodesh. And how delighted he was when he found it hovering over the home of a simple man reciting the Book of Tehillim.
His grandson, the Rebbe of Sudilkov, likewise attached tremendous importance to reciting Tehillim. Thus, he discovered that the sofey tevot (final letters) of the words from Parashat Vayigash: וְהִגַּדְתֶּם לְאָבִי אֶ'ת-כָּ'ל-כְּבוֹדי בְּמִצְרָיִ'ם - "ve-higadtem le-avi et kol kevodi be-Mitzrayim"—(and tell my father of all my glory in Egypt) (45:13)—form the word תלים, hinting that everyone who recites Tehillim daily merits being beneath the Throne of Glory—תחת כסא הכבוד. And the words that follow—תּוֹרָה צִוָּה-לָנוּ מֹשֶׁה מוֹרָשָׁה קְהִלַּת יַעֲקֹב—hint that one who recites Tehillim every day fulfills the entire Torah.
(Based on the book by Rabbi Moshe-Chaim-Ephraim of Sudilkov, "Degel Machaneh Ephraim"—Vayigash)
