The word t’hilim is the same lashon as the words “tahel or” (“flash forth light”) (Iyov 41:10), because in T’hilim there is only a Great Light. There is no power for din [judgment] to be m’katreig [prosecute]; there is pure rachamim [compassion] and it “sweetens” everything. Therefore, the songs of David HaMelech are called t’hilim, through which it’s possible to work wonders, and there is found no Satan and no bad mishap” (Noam Elimelech, Likutei Shoshanah).
According to the Talmud, “Kol ha’mispaleil b’ad chaveiro v’hu tzarich l’oso davar, hu ne’eneh t’chilah” – One who davens on behalf of his friend and is in a similar situation, he is answered first. As we learn to set aside our own fears and anxiety and say T’hilim for one another, the impact in Shamayim is indelible. Our Sages teach us that there are no t’filos more powerful than those we offer up with –and compassion on behalf of – a Yid who is awaiting a similar y’shuah.
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List of People Who Need a R’fuah Sh’leimah (Please recite Psalms 22, 23, 30, 32, and 38.)
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Yaffah bas Monavar
Chein ben Tzionah
Chayah Sarah bas Tziporah Svetta
Shlomo ben Leah
David ben Leila
Ron ben Judith
Mordechai ben Ziesel
Kalman Moshe ben Devorah
John Douglas ben Evelyn Lorraine
Carol bas Rose
Pam bas Clara
Chayah Sheina Chanah bas Itcha
Dinah bas Tziporah
Ezra Refael ben Taoos Miriam
Sally Ronit bas Taoos Miriam
Efrayim ben Leah
Shmuel ben Monavar
Chayah Ayalah bas Tali
Chaim Yehudah ben Leah
Meir Peretz ben Chayah Malkah
Sarah bas Yaffah
Rabbanit Mazal Tov Rira bas Simchah
Isaac ben Dinah
Tinok ben Moriah Temimah
Tzviah bas Sheindel
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Ziesel
Yosef Yeshaya ben Rivkah Liba
Eitan Moshe ben Malkah
Eliezer Lipa ben Lifshe
Maayan bas Devorah Hadassah
Chanah bas Shani
Noriel ben Rachel
Reuven Yerachmiel Dov-Ber ben Chayah Rachel
Yitzchak Tuvyah ben Breindel Leah
Samuel Antwi ben Amma-Baadooah
