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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 29 Cheshvan - The great merit of saying Tehilim
Description: מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵוWe bless the month of Kislev.אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה[On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּתand to hold a farbrengen on that day.עֲבוֹדָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה בַּאֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים בְּצִבּוּר, אֵין דֵּי בַּאֵר גּוֹדֶל הַזְּכוּת שֶׁל הַמִּשְׁתַּתְּפִים בָּזֶהNo words can describe the great merit accruing to those who participate in the holy task of reciting Tehillim as part of a congregation, וְגוֹדֶל הַנַּחַת רוּחַ שֶׁל מַעְלָה כִּמְבוֹאָר בְּסִפְרֵי קוֹדֶשׁnor the great pleasure this arouses Above, as is spoken of in the sacred literature. וְאֶפֶס קָצֵהוּ בְּקוּנְטְרֵס תַּקָּנַת אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים בָּרַבִּים (קוֹבֶץ מִכְתָּבִים, א)A mere sliver of this is recorded in [the booklet entitled] Kuntreis Takkanas Amiras Tehillim BeRabbim (Kovetz Michtavim).וְאַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵלFortunate are you, O Israel. וּבִגְלַל זֹאת תִּתְבָּרְכוּ אַתֶּם נְשֵׁיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיכֶם, ה' עֲלֵיהֶם יִחְיוּBy virtue of these endeavors, may you, your wives, sons, and daughters, b...