Tehillim 91 – Rivkah’s blessing to her son Yaakov
Tehillim 91 – Rivkah’s blessing to her son Yaakov
Tehillim 91:11
כִּ֣י מַ֭לְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה־לָּ֑ךְ לִ֝שְׁמָרְךָ֗ בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶֽיךָ
- "Ki mal'achav yetzaveh lach, lishmorcha b'chol derachecha" - (For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.)
This verse encodes the names of angels (some say, the names of 500 angels). We recite this verse during Kabbalat Shabbat as well, since angels accompany Jews returning from the synagogue at that time.
Does one need to read the entire Psalm 91, or is it sufficient to recite the 11th verse?
When reciting it, one should have kavanah for the name of the angel יוהכ.
Chazal teach that it was precisely this verse that the matriarch Rivkah recited as she sent her son Yaakov to his brother Lavan, in order to protect him from Esau’s vengeance.
(Ramban on the Akedah, based on a lesson by Rav Yisrael Yakobov, “Sila Tehillim”)
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