Jewish Psychosomatics - The Connection Between the Kidneys and Spiritual Problems
Jewish Psychosomatics - The Connection Between the Kidneys and Spiritual Problems
Tehillim 26:2
- “Bechaneni Ad-nai venaseni, tzorfah khilyotai velibi” - (Test me, G-d, try me. Purify my kidneys and my and heart ).
Why does King David mention the kidneys first, and only then the heart?
Yalkut Shimoni on (Jeremiah 17) reveals that all 248 organs follow the heart, but only the kidneys give direction (offer counsel to the heart).
Therefore, judgments are associated with the kidneysand – they are the source of proper and improper counsel.
A later Midrash states explicitly: “The kidneys give good and bad counsel.”
(Otiyot de-Rabbi Akiva, Version 1, kaf)
The Kidneys and Lag BaOmer
Lag BaOmer has the power to rectify our "klayot" - (kidneys).
In Chassidic thought, the kidneys are the inner source of a person's impulses - his subconscious.
Klayot = 466 and תהלוכה - (parade), which takes place on Lag BaOmer = 466.
The Kidneys and the Ears
Recent research confirms a connection between the kidneys and our hearing, that is, the condition of our ears.
A study conducted in Australia and published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases in October 2010 (http://hearinghealthfoundation.org/blog?blogid=118) showed a connection between chronic kidney disease and hearing loss.
Chinese medicine also speaks of this, explaining that the ears, which resemble the kidneys in shape, reflect the condition of the kidneys: “Kidney qi interacts with the ears; if the kidney functions properly, the ears can distinguish the five basic sounds”.
If we work to strengthen our sense of hearing by paying attention to our inner voice and listening to what others tell us, we can maintain kidney health, Be'ezrat Hashem.
Segulot for Healing the Kidneys
1. Recite Tehillim 119 (tet) ט - 7 times;
2. Recite Tehillim 65 - according to the gematria of the word kidney - כליה.
(According to the website "Women on the land," Rabbanit Chana Segelbaum, and "Shimush Tehillim")
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