Hayom Yom 24 Shvat - 1) Divinity is vitality 2) Tehillim breaks barriers
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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בְּשַׁעַת קְרִיאַת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת עוֹמְדִים וּפְנֵיהֶם אֶל הַסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה
During the reading of the Ten Commandments [in the synagogue on the Shabbos of Parshas Yisro], it is our custom to stand and face the Torah scroll.
הפטורה: בִּשְׁנַת... מַצַּבְתָּהּ
The haftarah [for Parshas Yisro] begins BiShnas... and ends ...matzavtah (Yeshayahu 6:1-13).
מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר רִאשׁוֹן. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת
[On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.
וַיַּרְא הָעָם וַיָּנוּעוּ
It is written, “The people saw and they stirred.”
אַז זֵיי האָבּעֶן דעֶרזעֶהן גֶ-טלִיכְקַייט אִיז שׁוֹין וַיָּנוּעוּ
As soon as they beheld Divinity, they were stirred;
עֶס אִיז געֶוואָרעֶן אַ תְּנוּעַת חַיִּים
they showed signs of vitality.
אִלּוּ יְדַעְתֶּם — אָמַר אַדְמוּ"ר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק
The Tzemach Tzedek once said, “If you only knew
כֹּחָם שֶׁל פְּסוּקֵי תְּהִלִּים וּפְעוּלָתָם בִּשְׁמֵי רוֹם
the power that lies in the verses of Tehillim and their effect in the celestial heights,
הֱיִיתֶם אוֹמְרִים אוֹתָם בְּכָל עֵת
you would recite them all the time.
תֵּדְעוּ שֶׁמִּזְמוֹרֵי תְּהִלִּים שׁוֹבְרִים כָּל הַמְּחִיצוֹת
Know that the chapters of Tehillim break through all barriers
וְעוֹלִים בְּעִלּוּי אַחַר עִלּוּי בְּלִי שׁוּם הַפְרָעָה
and soar aloft from level to level, unimpeded.
וּמִשְׁתַּטְּחִים לִפְנֵי אֲדוֹן עוֹלָמִים
They intercede before the Master of the Universe
וּפוֹעֲלִים פְּעוּלָתָם בְּחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים
and secure their effect with kindness and mercy.”
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English