B"H
Tehilim and Perek
Shirah
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Tikkun Klali
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Psalm 89
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Rosh Hashanah
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Psalms 1-3
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Psalm 16
1. A michtam of David; O G-d, guard me for I have taken refuge in You.
2. You should say to the Lord, "You are my Master; my good is not
incumbent upon You.
3. For the holy ones who are in the earth, and the mighty ones in whom
is all my delight.
4. May the sorrows of those who hasten after another [deity] increase;
I will not pour their libations of blood, nor will I take their names upon my
lips.
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1. A maskil of Ethan the
Ezrahite.
2. The kindnesses of
the Lord I shall sing forever; to generation after generation I shall make
known Your faithfulness, with my mouth.
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Yom Kippur
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Psalms 4-6
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5. The Lord is my allotted portion and my cup; You guide my destiny.
6. Portions have fallen to me in pleasant places; even the inheritance
pleases me."
7. I will bless the Lord, Who counseled me; even at night my
conscience instructs me.
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3. For I said, "Forever will it be built with kindness; as the
heavens, with which You will establish Your faithfulness."
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Sukkot
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Psalms 7-9
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8. I have placed the Lord before me constantly; because [He is] at my
right hand, I will not falter.
9. Therefore, my heart rejoiced, and my soul was glad; even my flesh
shall dwell in safety.
10. For You shall not forsake my soul to the grave; You shall not
allow Your pious one to see the pit.
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4. I formed a covenant with My chosen one; I swore to David My servant.
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Shemini Atzeret
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Psalms 10-12
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11. You shall let me know the way of life, the fullness of joys in
Your presence. There is pleasantness in Your right hand forever.
Psalm 32
1. Of David, a maskil Praiseworthy is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is concealed.
2. Praiseworthy is the man to whom the Lord ascribes no iniquity and
in whose spirit there is no guile.
3. When I was silent, my bones decayed with my moaning all day long.
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5. Until eternity, I shall establish your seed, and I shall build your
throne for all generations forever.
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
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Psalms 13-15
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4. For [both] day and night Your hand is heavy upon me; my freshness
was transformed as in the droughts of summer, forever.
5. I would inform You of my sin, and I did not conceal my iniquity; I
said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and You
forgave the iniquity of my sin forever.
6. For this let every pious man pray to You at the time that You are
found, only about a flood of vast waters [that] should not reach him.
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6. And the heavens acknowledge Your wonder, O Lord, also Your
faithfulness in the congregation of holy ones.
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First Week of Cheshvan
(Potential 3rd Temple Holiday)
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Psalms 16-18
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7. You are a shelter for me, from an adversary You guard me; with
songs of deliverance You encompass me forever,
8. "I will enlighten you and instruct you which way [to go]; I
will wink My eye to you."
9. Be not like a horse, like a mule that does not discern; whose mouth
must be held with bit and bridle, so that when he is being groomed, he does
not come near you.
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7. For who in the heavens is equal to the Lord? [Who] resembles the
Lord among the sons of the mighty?
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Second Week of
Cheshvan
(3rd Temple)
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Psalms 19-21
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10. Many are the pains of the wicked, but as for him who trusts in the
Lord- kindness will encompass him.
11. Rejoice with the Lord and exult, You righteous, and cause all
those of upright hearts to sing praises.
Psalm 41
1. For the conductor, a song of David.
2. Praiseworthy is he who looks after the poor; on a day of calamity
the Lord will rescue him.
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8. G-d is revered in the great council of the holy ones and feared by
all around Him.
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Third Week of Cheshvan
(3rd Temple)
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Psalms 22-24
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3. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be
praised in the land, and You will not deliver him into the desire of his
enemies.
4. The Lord will support him on his sickbed; when You have transformed
his entire restfulness in his illness.
5. I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul because I
have sinned against You."
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9. O Lord, G-d of Hosts, who is like You, O Yah, Who are mighty? And
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
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Fourth Week of Chesvan or Rosh Chodesh Kislev
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Psalms 25-27
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6. My enemies
speak evil of me; "When will he die and his name be lost?"
7. And if he
comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers iniquity for him;
when he goes outside, he talks.
8. All my
enemies whisper together about me; concerning me, they think evil.
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10. You rule over the pride of the sea; when it raises its waves, You
humble them.
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev or 1st week
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Psalms 28-30
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9. "An
evil thing shall be poured into him, and once he lies down, he will no longer
rise."
10. Even my
ally, in whom I trusted, who eats my bread, developed an ambush for me.
11. But You, O
Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, so that I may repay them.
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11. You crushed Rahab like one slain; with the arm of Your might You
scattered Your enemies.
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Yud Kislev
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Psalms 31 - 33
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12. With this I
shall know that You desired me, when my enemy does not shout joyfully over
me.
13. As for me,
because of my innocence You shall support me, and stand me up before You
forever.
14. Blessed is
the Lord, the G-d of Israel from all times past and to all times to come.
Amen and amen.
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12. The heaven is Yours, even the earth is Yours; the inhabited earth
and the fullness thereof-You founded them.
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Yud Tet Kislev
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Psalms 34-36
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Psalm 42
1. For the
conductor, a maskil of the sons of Korah.
2. As a hart
cries longingly for rivulets of water, so does my soul cry longingly to You,
O G-d.
3. My soul
thirsts for G-d, for the living G-d; when will I come and appear before G-d?
4. My tears
were my bread day and night when they say to me all day long, "Where is
your G-d?"
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13. North and south-You created them; Tabor and Hermon sing praises in
Your name.
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Chanukah
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Psalms 37-39
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5. These things
I will remember, and I will pour out my soul [because of the pain which is]
upon me, how I passed on with the throng; I walked slowly with them until the
house of G-d with a joyful shouting and thanksgiving, a celebrating
multitude.
6. Why are you
downcast, my soul, and why do you stir within me? Hope to G-d, for I will yet
thank Him for the salvations of His presence.
7. My G-d, my
soul is downcast upon me; therefore, I will remember You from the land of
Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from the young mountain.
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14. You have an arm with might; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand
is high.
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Chanukah/Rosh Chodesh Tevet
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Psalms 40-42
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8. Deep calls
to deep to the sound of Your water channels; all your breakers and waves passed
over me.
9. By day, may
the Lord command His kindness, and at night, may His resting place be with
me, a prayer to the G-d of my life.
10. I will say
to G-d, my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why should I walk in gloom
under the oppression of the enemy?"
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15. Righteousness and judgment are the basis of Your throne; kindness
and truth come before Your countenance.
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10th of Tevet
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Psalms 43-45
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11. With murder
in my bones, my oppressors have reproached me by saying to me all day long,
"Where is your G-d?"
12. Why are you
downcast, my soul, and why do you stir within me? Hope to G-d, for I will yet
thank Him for the salvations of my countenance and my G-d.
Psalm 59
1. For the
conductor, al tashcheth; of David a michtam, when Saul sent and they guarded
the house to slay him.
2. Save me from
my enemies, my G-d; strengthen me against those who rise up against me.
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16. Fortunate is the people that know the blasting of the shofar; O
Lord, may they walk in the light of Your countenance.
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Third Week of Tevet
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Psalms 46-48
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3. Save me from
workers of iniquity, and rescue me from bloodthirsty men.
4. For behold,
they lurked for my soul; strong men lodge against me, neither [for] my
transgression nor [for] my sin, O Lord.
5. Without
iniquity, they run and prepare themselves; awaken towards me and see.
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17. With Your name they rejoice every day, and with Your righteousness
they are exalted.
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Fourth Week of Tevet
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Psalms 49-51
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6. And You, O
Lord, G-d of Hosts, G-d of Israel, arise to visit upon all the nations; be
not gracious to any treacherous workers of iniquity forever.
7. They return
in the evening, they howl like a dog and encircle the city.
8. Behold, they
spew forth with their mouth; [they have] swords in their lips, for who hears?
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18. For You are the glory of their might, and with Your favor our horns
will be raised.
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Rosh Chodesh Shvat
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Psalms 52-54
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9. But You, O
Lord, will scoff at them; You will mock all the nations.
10. [Because
of] his strength, I hope for You, for G-d is my fortress.
11. The G-d of
my kindness will precede me; G-d will allow me to see in those who watch me.
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19. For our shield is [devoted] to the Lord, and our king to the Holy
One of Israel.
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Yud Shvat
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Psalms 55-57
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12. Do not kill
them, lest my people forget; remove them from their possessions with Your
power and bring them down, O Lord our Shield.
13. The sin of
their mouth is the word of their lips, and they will be seized because of
their haughtiness, because of the curse and the lies that they tell.
14. Destroy
[them] with wrath so that they will be no longer, and they will know that G-d
rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth forever.
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20. Then You spoke in a vision to Your pious ones, and You said,
"I placed help on a mighty man; I lifted up a chosen one from the
people.
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Tu B'Shvat
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Psalms 58-60
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15. And they
will return in the evening, they will howl like dogs, and they will encircle
the city.
16. They will
roam about to eat if they are not sated, so that they will lodge.
17. And I will
sing of Your power, and I will sing praises of Your kindness in the morning,
for You were my stronghold and a refuge on a day that I was in straits.
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21. I found David My servant, I anointed him with My holy oil.
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Fourth Week of Shvat
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Psalms 61-63
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18. My
strength! To You will I sing for G-d is my stronghold, O G-d of my kindness.
Psalm 77
1. For the
conductor on jeduthun, a song of Asaph.
2. My voice is
to G-d, and I shall cry out; my voice is to G-d, and hearken to me.
3. On the day
of my distress, I sought the Lord; my wound oozes at night and does not
abate; my soul refuses to be comforted.
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22. With whom My hand will be established, even My arm will strengthen
him.
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Rosh Chodesh Adar
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Psalms 64-66
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4. I remember G-d
and I stir; I speak and my spirit becomes faint, forever.
5. You held
fast the awakenings of my eyes; I throb and I do not speak.
6. I think of
days of yore, ancient years.
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23. No enemy will exact from him, neither will an unjust person
afflict him.
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First Week of Adar
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Psalms 67-69
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7. I recall my
music at night; I speak with my heart and my spirit searches.
8. "Will
the Lord forsake [me] forever and nevermore be appeased?
9. Has His
kindness ended forever? Has He issued a decree for all generations?
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24. And I shall crush his adversaries from before him, and I shall
strike his enemies.
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Purim
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Psalms 70-72
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10. Has G-d
forgotten to be gracious? Has He, in anger, shut off His mercy forever?"
11. And I said,
"This is to terrify me, the change of the right hand of the Most
High."
12. I recall
the deeds of Yah when I remember Your wonder from time immemorial.
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25. My faithfulness and My kindness will be with him, and with My name
his horn will be raised.
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Third Week of Adar
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Psalms 73-75
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13. And I
meditate over all Your works, and I speak of Your deeds.
14. O G-d, Your
way is in sanctity. Who is a power as great as G-d?
15. You are the
G-d Who works wonders; You made known Your might among the peoples.
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26. I shall place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the
rivers.
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Rosh Chodesh Nissan
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Psalms 76-78
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16. You
redeemed Your people with Your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph forever.
17. The waters
perceived You, O G-d, the waters perceived You, they trembled, even the deeps
quaked.
18. They poured
forth thick waters; the skies let out a voice, even your arrows went abroad.
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27. He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my G-d, and the Rock of my
salvation.'
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First Week of Nissan
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Psalms 79-81
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19. The sound
of Your thunder is like a wheel; the lightning illuminated the world; the
earth shook and quaked.
20. In the sea
was Your way, and Your path in the mighty waters, and Your steps were not
known.
21. You led
Your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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28. I, too, shall make him a firstborn, the highest of the kings of
the earth.
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First Day of Pessach
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Psalms 82-84
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Psalm 90
1. A prayer of
Moses, the man of G-d. O Lord, You have been our dwelling place throughout
all generations.
2. Before the
mountains were born, and You brought forth the earth and the inhabited world,
and from everlasting to everlasting, You are G-d.
3. You bring
man to the crushing point, and You say, "Return, O sons of men."
4. For a
thousand years are in Your eyes like yesterday, which passed, and a watch in
the night.
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29. I will forever keep My kindness for him, and My covenant will
remain true to him.
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Pessach
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Psalms 85-87
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5. You carry
them away as a flood; they are like a sleep; in the morning, like grass it
passes away.
6. In the
morning, it blossoms and passes away; in the evening, it is cut off and
withers.
7. For we
perish from Your wrath, and from Your anger we are dismayed.
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30. And I shall make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the
days of the heavens.
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Fourth Week of Nissan
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Psalms 88-90
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8. You have
placed our iniquities before You, [the sins of] our youth before the light of
Your countenance.
9. For all our
days have passed away in Your anger; we have consumed our years as a murmur.
10. The days of
our years because of them are seventy years, and if with increase, eighty
years; but their pride is toil and pain, for it passes quickly and we fly
away.
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31. If his sons forsake My Torah and do not walk in My judgments,
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Rosh Chodesh Iyar/ 5 de Iyar
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Psalms 91-93
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11. Who knows
the might of Your wrath, and according to Your fear is Your anger.
12. So teach
the number of our days, so that we shall acquire a heart of wisdom.
13. Return, O
Lord, how long? And repent about Your servants.
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32. If they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments,
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Second Week of Iyar
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Psalms 94-96
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14. Satiate us
in the morning with Your loving-kindness, and let us sing praises and rejoice
with all our days.
15. Cause us to
rejoice according to the days that You afflicted us, the years that we saw
evil.
16. May Your
works appear to Your servants, and Your beauty to their sons.
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33. I shall punish their transgression with a rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
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Pessach Sheini/ Lag Ba’Omer
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Psalms 97-99
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17. And may the
pleasantness of the Lord our G-d be upon us, and the work of our hands
establish for us, and the work of our hands establish it.
Psalm 105
1. Give thanks
to the Lord, call out in His name; make His deeds known among the peoples.
2. Sing to Him,
play music to Him, speak of all His wonders.
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34. But I shall not cancel My kindness from him, and I shall not
betray My faith.
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Fourth Week of Iyar
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Psalms 100-102
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3. Boast of His
holy name; may the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4. Search for
the Lord and His might; seek His presence constantly.
5. Remember His
wonders, which He performed, His miracles and the judgments of His mouth.
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35. I shall not profane My covenant, neither shall I alter the
utterance of My lips.
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Rosh Chodesh Sivan/ Yom Yerushalayim
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Psalms 103-105
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6. The seed of
Abraham His servant, the children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7. He is the
Lord our G-d; throughout all the earth are His judgments.
8. He
remembered His covenant forever, the word He had commanded to the thousandth
generation,
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36. One thing have I sworn by My holiness, that I will not fail
David.
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Shavuot
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Psalms 106-108
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9. Which He had
made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac,
10. And He set
it up to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11. Saying,
"To you I shall give the land of Canaan, the portion of your
heritage."
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37. His seed will be forever and his throne is like the sun before
Me.
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Third Week of Sivan
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Psalms 109-111
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12. When they
were few in number, hardly dwelling in it.
13. And they
walked from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14. He let no
man oppress them, and He reproved kings on their account.
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38. Like the moon, which is established forever, and it is a witness
in the sky, eternally true."
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Fourth Week of Sivan
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Psalms 112-114
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15. "Do
not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets."
16. He called a
famine upon the land; He broke every staff of bread.
17. He sent a
man before them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
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39. But You abandoned and You rejected; You became wroth with Your
anointed.
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Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
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Psalms 115-117
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18. They
afflicted his foot with fetters; his soul was placed in irons.
19. Until His
word came, the saying of the Lord purified him.
20. A king sent
and released him, a ruler of peoples [sent] and loosed his bonds.
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40. You abrogated the covenant of Your servant; You profaned his crown
to the ground.
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Second Week of Tammuz
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Psalms 118-120
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21. He made him
the master of his household and the ruler over all his possessions.
22. To bind up
his princes with his soul, and he made his elders wise.
23. Israel came
to Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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41. You breached all his fences; You made his fortifications a
ruin.
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12,13 of Tammuz/ 17 of Tammuz
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Psalms 121-123
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24. And He made
His people very fruitful, and He made it stronger than its adversaries.
25. He turned
their heart to hate His people, to plot against His servants.
26. He sent
Moses His servant, [and] Aaron whom He chose.
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42. All wayfarers have plundered him; he was a disgrace to his
neighbors.
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Fourth Week of Tammuz
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Psalms 124-126
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27. They placed
upon them the words of His signs and His miracles in the land of Ham.
28. He sent
darkness and it darkened, and they did not disobey His word.
29. He turned
their water into blood, and it killed their fish.
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43. You raised the right hand of his adversaries; You caused all his
enemies to rejoice.
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Rosh Chodesh Av
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Psalms 127-129
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30. Their land
swarmed with frogs in the rooms of their monarchs.
31. He
commanded and a mixture of noxious beasts came, lice throughout all their
boundary.
32. He made their
rains into hail, flaming fire in their land.
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44. You even turned back the sharp edge of his sword, and You did not
raise him up in battle.
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Tisha B'Av
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Psalms 130-132
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33. And it
struck their vines and their fig trees, and it broke the trees of their
boundary.
34. He spoke
and locusts came, and nibbling locusts without number.
35. And they
consumed all grass in their land, and they consumed the produce of their
soil.
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45. You have brought an end to his shining, and his throne You have
cast down to earth.
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Tu B'Av
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Psalms 133-135
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36. And He
smote every firstborn in their land, the first of all their strength.
37. And He took
them out with silver and gold, and there was no pauper among their tribes.
38. Egypt
rejoiced with their departure for their fear had fallen upon them.
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46. You have shortened the days of his youth; You have enwrapped him
with shame forever.
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Third Week of Av
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Psalms 136-138
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39. He spread
out a cloud for shelter, and fire to illuminate the night.
40. They asked,
and He brought quails, and the bread of heaven sated them.
41. He opened a
rock and water flowed; in the deserts ran rivers.
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47. How long, O Lord? Will You hide forever? Will Your anger burn like
fire?
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Rosh Chodesh Elul
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Psalms 139-141
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42. For He
remembered His holy word with Abraham His servant.
43. And He took
out His people with joy, His chosen ones with joyful singing.
44. And He gave
them lands of nations, and they inherited the toil of kingdoms.
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48. I am mindful what my old age is; for what futility have You created
all the sons of man?
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First Week of Elul
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Psalms 142-144
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45. In order
that they keep His statutes and observe His laws. Hallelujah.
Psalm 137
1. By the
rivers of Babylon, there we sat, we also wept when we remembered Zion.
2. On willows
in its midst we hung our harps.
3. For there
our captors asked us for words of song and our tormentors [asked of us] mirth,
"Sing for us of the song of Zion."
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49. Who is a man who will live and not see death, who will rescue his
soul from the grasp of the grave forever?
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Second Week of Elul
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Psalms 145-147
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4. "How
shall we sing the song of the Lord on foreign soil?"
5. If I forget
you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget [its skill].
6. May my
tongue cling to my palate, if I do not remember you, if I do not bring up
Jerusalem at the beginning of my joy.
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50. Where are Your former acts of kindness, O Lord, which You swore to
David in your trust?
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Chai Elul
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Psalms 148-150
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7. Remember, O
Lord, for the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, those who say, "Raze
it, raze it, down to its foundation!"
8. O Daughter
of Babylon, who is destined to be plundered, praiseworthy is he who repays
you your recompense that you have done to us.
9. Praiseworthy
is he who will take and dash your infants against the rock.
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51. Remember, O Lord, the disgrace of Your servants, which I bear in
my bosom, [the disgrace] of all great nations.
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Fourth Week of Elul
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Perek Shirah, Chapters
1 - 3
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Psalm 150
1. Hallelujah!
Praise G-d in His holy place, praise Him in the firmament of His might.
2. Praise Him
with His mighty deeds, praise Him as befits His superb greatness.
3. Praise Him
with a shofar blast, praise Him with psaltery and lyre.
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52. Which Your enemies disgraced, O Lord, which they disgraced the
ends of Your anointed.
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Slichot/Rosh Hashanah
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Perek Shirah, Chapters
4 - 6
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4. Praise Him
with timbres and dance, praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
5. Praise Him
with resounding cymbals, praise Him with resonant cymbals.
6. Let every
soul praise G-d. Hallelujah!
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53. Blessed is the Lord forever. Amen and Amen.
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יבא ירחמיאל חיל
Book 5
Ultimately, it is important to have standards that apply to all. King Solomon was incredibly wise righteous, yet he mistakenly thought that the message in Devarim regarding kings having too many wives did not apply to him. This was a grave mistake, which ultimately led to his downfall. We have to internalize that everything in the Torah is eternal, and that no one is above its laws. These general standards also help us not deviate from the True Path: neither in the way of “elevating the world” (like King Solomon), nor in the way of separating oneself from it (like the nazirite, the Nazir).
Even if some general decrees seem inconvenient, we have to make them fit in our lives, and observe them in a manner that beautifies the mitzvoth and beautifies our lives.
This is the essence of the Book of Deuteronomy (Devarim): setting up general guidelines applicable to all. Devarim is also called Mishneh Torah (a repetition of the Torah), a review and summary of the rest of the Torah. Book 5 is an attempt to reflect these themes. The sets of 52 included in this book are as follows:
The Book of Psalms is King David’s “general” prayer book, as it contains the emotions of every person. King David is the ultimate general soul (Neshamah Klali), his life being given to him by Adam himself, whose name stands for Adam-David-Mashiach. Perek Shirah incorporates not only man, but all of Creation.
The Book of Psalms is a read as a general Tikkun (spiritual correction), especially during the month of Elul for sins committed throughout the entire year. In fact, the Ba’al Shem Tov instituted that three psalms should read each day of this month, and that the entire book should be read by Yom Kippur. The Mishnah Berurah also sets forth the custom of reading the entire book of Psalms (twice) during this time period. The Book of Psalms along with Perek Shirah contain 156 chapters, fifty-two divided by three.
Rebbe Nachman’s Tikkun HaKlali works as kind of “summary” of the book of Psalms. It contains the ten kinds of song contained in the Book of Psalms. Without counting the introductory verses of its Psalms, it contains 156 verses. Psalm 88 and 89 appear to be a summary of Tikkun Klali itself. (One of the hints to this idea, is the fact that according to the Baal Shem Tov's instructions, these Psalms are read on Rosh Hashanah) Without counting its introductory verse, Psalm 89 contains 52 verses. Its 33rd verse appears to be a summary of the entire Book, similar to the way in which Tzadik B’Emunatoh Yichieh (the righteous lives by his/her faith) is the summary of the entire Torah. The 33rd verse is, “But I shall not cancel My kindness from him, and I shall not betray My faith,” “VeChasdi Lo Afir M’Imoh, VeLo Ashaker B’Emunati.”
