The Importance of Reading the Entire Book of Tehillim
The Importance of Reading the Entire Book of Tehillim
Reading the entire Book of Tehillim without interruption, from beginning to end, is especially important.
Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz taught that it is not even necessary to say “Yehi ratzon” between the five books of Tehillim. (Pele Yoetz, Iggeret D’Pirka, Imrei Pinchas)
Rebbe Zusha of Anipoli taught that this is alluded to in Tehillim (106:2):
«מִי-יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת יְהוָה יַשְׁמִיעַ כָּל-תְּהִלָּתוֹ» -
“Mi yemalel gevurot Adonai, yashmia kol tehilato” - (Who can recount the mighty acts of G-d? Who can make all His praise heard.)
The word יְמַלֵּל is used in the sense of “erasing” or “removing” something, as discussed in tractate Beitzah (12b).
It can therefore be understood as follows: “Who removes all of HaShem’s harsh judgments? The one who causes all the praises of Him to be heard.”
And this is possible only by reading the entire Book of Tehillim.
Rabbi Moshe Savrani said: “Without interruption means not merely avoiding distractions, but making it so that the heart and the lips praise the Almighty in unison.”
(Based on the book “Tehillim,” a collection of commentaries by Zeivel Shterenberg, 1873, Bakst Printing House, Zhytomyr)
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