Questions tagged [tehilim-psalms]
One of the books that make up the "Kesuvim" (or "Writings). Composed mostly by King David, but includes chapters by Adam, Avraham, King Shlomo (Solomon) and others.
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Does the Minhag to say Barchi Nafshi after Shabbat Mincha in winter include Shabbat Chanuka
Does the minhag (Ashkenazi Nusach Sfard) to say Barchi Nafshi after Shabbat Mincha in winter include Shabbat Chanuka? Are there any Shabbatot that the minhag is not to say Barchi Nafshi? According to ...
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The minhag to read chapter 119 in Tehilim in Chanuka (Temney Api)
I heard that there is a minhag to read Chapter 119 in Tehilim (Psalms) every Chanuka Evening (Temney Api the name of the chapter). I also heard that each evening there are 4 letters of the chapter to ...
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Tefillah/tehillim for success in passing an exam
I'm taking my road test for the third time tomorrow. Is there a specific perek of tehillim I could say to help me pass?
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Pocket-size Tehillim with trop
Is there a clear, pocket-sized safer Tehillim, printed with trop ? Ideally, the girsah is corrected against the Keter Aram Soba. Everything I've seen is either fairly large or lacks trop, but I live ...
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Are there online sources for learning Te’amim of Tehillim?
Are there any online sources for learning how to read the Sephardi Te’amim of Tehillim? While I can find recordings, I can’t find any list or descriptions of the exceptions and such—for example, when ...
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Why adding the first verse to Ashrei Yoshvei Beitecha
The Mizmor Ashrei Yoshvei Beitecha is mostly based on the 145 chapter in Psalms. The first two verses begin in the 84:5 chapter and the last verse of the 144 chapter. It is understood that apparently ...
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Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
This question developed after reading the following:
כוש: מה כושי משונה בעורו אף שאול משונה במעשיו
Cush: Just as a Cushite has unusual skin, so did Saul ...
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Explanation of this verse in Psalm 137
אַשְׁרֵ֤י שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃
A blessing on him who seizes your babies and dashes them against the rocks!
Psalms 137:9
This verse doesn't sit well with me... Is ...
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Hurt my enemies or no?
In the Nusach of the Ari during K'riat Shema Al Hamitah, we pray that no person suffers or gets punished on our account.
In various locations of Tehillim, such as chapter 35 and 109:20, King David ...
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What is so special about tehilim (psalms)?
I have a very hard time relating to tehilim. We say multiple a day in davening and they don't mean much to me, even when reading an english translation.
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By what mechanism does the recital of Tehillim cause Hashem to heal someone who is ill?
It is customary to say Tehillim to ask Hashem to heal someone who is ill.
I want to know how this works.
One possible mechanism is that the Tehillim are the praises of Hashem which must come before a ...
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What are the "19 Sections" of the Book of Psalms in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia?
The text in question is an end-note to the Book of Psalms in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Thanks to a friend whose Hebrew is fluent (mine is not), I learned that the meaning is quite ...
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Does anyone know the nusach for אפפוני חבלי מות that is sung in the movie Simon Magus?
I haven't seen the whole movie Simon Magus. It depicts 19th-century Poland. I saw a scene where a Pesach Seder is held. They're saying Hallel and I've never heard that melody for Psalm 116. They start ...
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What is the order of the Great Hallel (Hallel HaGadol)?
Psalm 136, the Great Hallel (Hallel HaGadol), is a series of praises of Hashem. It is ordered starting with the wonders of creation, moving onto taking us out of slavery, followed by the miracles ...
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What Is the translation to this Alshich On Tehilim
אשרי האיש אשר כו' ראיתי אחרי רואי הערות אשר יפול לב אדם עליהם לבל אשא את שמותם הלא בספרתי כי לא דבר רק הוא ממוצאי דעת ואומר כי הנה שתים הנה סוגי האושר יש יאושר בסור
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Why does the recitation of Tehillim 145 three times a day secure one a place in Olam Haba?
It is stated in the Talmud (Brachos 4b) that one who recites "T'hila L'David" three times a day secures their place in Olam Haba. Why is this? What is so special about this psalm that it ...
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"I am prayer" in Psalm 109:4?
"In return for my love they are my adversaries; But I am all prayer."
Psalm 109:4 JPS 1917
Someone quoted to me the part of this verse which says "I am all prayer". The idea "...
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Is Psalm 74:13 prophetic of the future or a reference to the past? Was that part of the process of taming the chaotic abyss?
Is Psalm 74:13 prophetic of the future or a reference to the past? Was that part of the process of taming the chaotic abyss?:
Psalm 74:13You crumbled the sea with Your might; You shattered the heads ...
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Nature of the stone in Psalm 118:22
https://biblehub.com/text/psalms/118-22.htm
I often hear in church the quotes from the following psalm used in the Christian new testament. But in translation 'chief cornerstone' strikes me as a very ...
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How to use the Tikkun HaKlali?
Not too long ago I bumped onto a video on YouTube by user Shaarei Binah entitled “Tikkun HaKlali General Rectification of the Soul with Kavvanot”.
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Which heart is refering in Psalms 51:12?
In Psalms 51:12 it reads
Fashion a pure heart for me, O God; create in me a steadfast spirit.
Which heart is refering to? Is refering to the organ that pumps blood?
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Significance of the story of how King Dovid came to write the 15 “Shir HaMaalos”
The story of how King Dovid came to write the 15 “Shir HaMaalos” is recounted in Gemoro Sukkah 53 a, b .
It seems in preparing the “plumbing” for the future Temple, he disturbed an underground seal ...
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Shir Lamaalot and not Shir Hamaalot for psalm 121?
Why do all the Shir Hamaalot’s in Tehillim begin with שיר המעלות except for Psalm 121 which begins שיר למעלות? What’s different about this psalm from the rest of them?
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How can Psalm 132 reference David and imply that it was written by Solomon?
The gemora in Bava Basra 14b lists 10 people that co-authored Tehillim with David
דוד כתב ספר תהלים ע"י עשרה זקנים ע"י אדם הראשון על ידי מלכי צדק ועל
ידי אברהם וע"י משה ועל ידי הימן וע&...
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Gra’s opinion on tehillim?
I heard that the Gra was against Tehillim being stated in public to the point where he would even say that Kabbalat Shabbat should be performed at home? I have two questions on this, number one is ...
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The light is sweet: וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר
(I am aware of this question, however, my question focus specifically about why Torah is called sweet).
In Koheles 11:7, Torah is described as וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר (u'Matok HaOhr), a sweet light.
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Based on Tehillim 92, would playing נֶבֶל not violate Shabbat?
Does Tehillim 92 validate our ability or the specific mitsvah on Shabbat to sing praises “with speech upon a harp”? | If it’s already tuned what’s the error (to not fix a string if it breaks)? In the ...
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Where can I find a tehillim that is transliterated? (meaning the hebrew is translated on top or on bottom of the page)
I'm searching for something with a big font and that is easy on the eyes.
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Exegesis and meaning of Psalms 18,10
What is meant by: "He (G-d) mounted a cherub and flew,
gliding on the wings of the wind".
Some claim it is a spaceship-type flying craft.
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Do any minhagim use Psalm 45 during chuppah?
I know that many Ashkenazi communities of the community use Psalm 128 during the chuppah ceremony. However, there is a Psalm 45 that expresses the joy of marriage no less. I heard that some use it at ...
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How does Targum on Tehillim 51:7 reconcile with Yishai being pure? Also interested in other aspects of the verse
The verse states, "Behold, with iniquity I was formed, and with sin my mother conceived me. Most the commentaries are not available in english (https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Tehillim/51.6#e1n6). ...
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What prayers and psalms are read during shmira near the body of the deceased?
Of particular interest are the prayers and the order of reading the psalms in Nusach Ashkenaz.
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Is there a tehilim in Hebrew or English with amazing commentaries?
I'm looking for a tehilim with commentaries that are melaket from commentaries like the Alter Rebbe or Reb Nachman or any of the chassidic masters. I don't mind if it is in Hebrew or English.
Is there ...
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When did Tehillim become the "go to" sefer in times of need?
Having spent some time with my Tanach over the weekend I suddenly realized that Tehillim is a part of Tanach along with every other sefer. I was wondering when did Tehillim become the book that people ...
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Did Ibn Gabirol write a commentary on King David's Psalms?
I heard that Ibn Ezra preserved some of Solomon Ibn Gabirol's exegesis in his great commentary on the Pentateuch, but did Ibn Gabirol write a commentary on King David's Psalms?
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What way of dividing Tehilim by day of the week did Rabbi Menachem ben Zerah suggest?
What way of dividing Tehilim by day of the week did Rabbi Menachem ben Zerach suggest?
In a similar question, a source was given, but I don't understand anything there.
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Thought, Speech, Action
I was wondering why the order in Tehillim 24:4 is action, thought, and then speech and not in descending level order (thought, speech, action) or ascending order (action, speech, thought)
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The difference between Reisheet and T'chilat
I am trying to understand the difference between the initial words in the following p'sukim:
Mishlei 9:10
תְּחִלַּ֣ת חׇ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה
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Tehillim 111:10
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Psalm 110. God's Right-Hand-Man. David or Messiah? Potential blasphemy
Ok whoever this passage is about is shown sitting at the right hand of God in verse 1. Being someone's right hand man means one's primary or most trusted assistant. Unless this meant something ...
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Borders of Eretz Yisrael: Ibn Ezra
In his commentary on תהלים פרק צח פסוק ג - Psalm 98:3, Ibn Ezra writes as follows:
זכר, כל אפסי ארץ - כנגד מקומות הישוב שהם שבעה גבולות בצפון ואחד בדרום
I have been unable to determine which גבולות, ...
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What's this recurring progression in Hallel?
Commonly recited from Psalms is Chapter 118, recited in Hallel on Rosh Chodesh and Festivals. It begins (v. 1-4):
הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃
Praise the LORD, for He is ...
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Why the distinction between groups of people in Psalm 49?
Psalm 49:2-3 reads something like:
Hear inhabitants of the world, (and) also sons of Adam, and also sons of Ish...
Why is there a distinction made here between inhabitants of the world, sons of Adam ...
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What is the history behind ascribing a heading to each of the Psalms?
For exmple, in my English book of Psalms, the 59th Psalm (attributed to David) informs us that it is a miktam and then gives a heading:
When Saul had sent men to watch David's house in order to kill ...
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Why do we say LeDavid Mizmor while returning the Torah at Mincha on Shabbat?
When returning the Torah to the Torah ark on Shabbat morning, our custom is to say Mizmor Ledavid (Ashkenaz, Nosah Sfard). On a regular day and on Yom Tov that is not Shabbat, we say LeDavid Mizmor. ...
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Why are ALL Tehillim permitted to be read on Shabbat?
I’m curious why it is permitted to read/recite Tehillim “carte blanche” on Shabbat. By that I mean, why are ALL of the Tehillim acceptable? As we know, on Shabbat we are not to pray for our needs, for ...
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Compilation of Tefillot for specific purposes
It is clear from the Gemara in brachot there is a real science behind tefillah and in addition to needing the appropriate emotional-mind state you also need to formulate your petition according to the ...
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How can we explain these two pesukim?
In Tehillim 115:6 it is written:
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם לַה וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ נָתַ֥ן לִבְנֵי־אָדָֽם
Translation: “The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He gave over to man.” (Source: Sefaria)
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Question about Shmuel 1:11:11 and Tehillim 83:8
From what I can tell, whenever the word "Amon" - "עמון" appears in Tanach (not עמוני/ת, etc), it's always preceded by the word "bnei" - "בני", except for two ...
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How are the trope / taamim of Sifrei Emeth Sung? [duplicate]
Some books in Tanach have a different kind of trop for the words. (see Psalms, e.g. under בַּעֲצַ֢ת and above רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים)
How is this trop read/sung?
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Source for Tehillim 67 after Shacharit?
In many Artscroll Siddurim there is a perek of Tehillim after shacharit, Tehillim 67. Is there any source for why this specific Perek is appropriate to say after shacharit?
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