Tehillim 18 - Magen David with “Ein Od Milvado”

Tehillim 18 - Magen David with “Ein Od Milvado”

David HaMelech speaks three times in Tehillim 18 of a shield as a means of salvation, in connection with the L-rd: - “Magini ve-keren yishi” - (the L-rd...my shield and the horn of my salvation) (Tehillim 18:3); - “Magen hu lechol hachosim bo” - (He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him) (Tehillim 18:31); - “Va-titen li magen yishecha” - (You have given me the shield of Your salvation) (Tehillim 18:36); “Magen David” has long been known in Jewish tradition as a powerful symbol of protection. the Rema (z”l) teaches that David HaMelech went to war with a special golden tray on which the Magen David was engraved, with a Menorah inside it. Ben Ish Chai (z”l), in his commentary on the weekly Torah portion Ki Teitzei, writes that the six points of the Magen David corresponded to the six Names of the Creator through which David HaMelech defeated his enemies. According to Kabbalah, the word “magen” (shield) is composed of the first letters of the names of the angels: Michael, Gabriel, and Nuriel. The Magen David is mentioned as early as the Babylonian Talmud, in tractate Pesachim (117), in connection with the Creator protecting (magen) David HaMelech and watching over him. A good segula for ensuring the protection of Hashem for yourself and your loved ones, and for strengthening your trust in Him, is to envision yourself (or the loved ones you are concerned about) inside a Magen David surrounded by clouds (by analogy with the Clouds of Glory that surrounded and protected the Jewish people in the wilderness). This creates exceptional spiritual and physical protection. Segula of the Mekubalim: Recite Tehillim 18 with kavanah when saying the word “magen.” Then, while envisioning the Magen David in the clouds, by analogy with the Clouds of Glory (as in the photograph), and seeing the light of Hashem radiating from the Magen David, repeat 12 times the words from the well-known segula of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin: “Ein Od Milvado” - (There is none besides Him), thereby affirming that there is no reality other than Hashem, and that only G-d governs the world. Sarah Yosef, the daughter-in-law of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, cites a tremendous number of examples in her book of people who merited miracles and deliverance from troubles thanks to this segula. (Based on Sarah Yosef’s book “Everything Is in Your Thoughts”)