Reciting Tehillim

Reciting Tehillim  

 

Dovid Hamelech, who composed much of Sefer Tehillim (the Book of Psalms), asked Hashem that when Yidden (Jewish People) will recite Tehillim He should be consider it ke’ilu oskim bi’negoim ve’ahalos (as if they are occupied with the complex laws of leprosy and tents, i.e. purity and impurity). It is an ancient custom dating back to the period of Rav Hai Gaon for Jewish people to gather in shuls and recite Tehillim. Whenever an individual or community needs hatzalah (salvation), they open their Tehillim in supplication. There are various customs for reciting Tehillim regularly, and among them:

Reciting Tehillim before and/or after davening: Whereas there are advantages to saying Tehillim before davening l’taheir es ha’avir (to purify the spiritual atmosphere of the world), as well as to enhance the acceptance of one’s prayers on High, the common custom is to say Tehillim after davening. Those who say Tehillim before davening should be aware of the teaching in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that one should not exert themselves when reciting Tehillim before davening, lest they be exhausted and unable to daven Shacharis with proper concentration. The most widespread method of saying Tehillim after davening is to recite the chapters allocated to that specific day of the month, as indicated in many books of Tehillim

Reciting Tehillim on Shabbos Mevorchim before davening.

Saying extra Tehillim during the month of Elul, most notably, three additional chapters daily from the first day of Elul until Yom Kippur. #382?1

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.