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מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵו. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת.

We bless the month of Kislev.

[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.

עֲבוֹדָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה בַּאֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים בְּצִבּוּר, אֵין דֵּי בַּאֵר גּוֹדֶל הַזְּכוּת שֶׁל הַמִּשְׁתַּתְּפִים בָּזֶה, וְגוֹדֶל הַנַּחַת רוּחַ שֶׁל מַעְלָה כִּמְבוֹאָר בְּסִפְרֵי קוֹדֶשׁ, וְאֶפֶס קָצֵהוּ בְּקוּנְטְרֵס תַּקָּנַת אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים בָּרַבִּים (קוֹבֶץ מִכְתָּבִים, א), וְאַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבִגְלַל זֹאת תִּתְבָּרְכוּ אַתֶּם נְשֵׁיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיכֶם, ה' עֲלֵיהֶם יִחְיוּ, בִּבְרִיאוּת נְכוֹנָה וּבְפַרְנָסָה בְּהָרְחָבָה גְדוֹלָה, וּלְרַגְלֵיכֶם יִוָּשְׁעוּ כָּל עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיִחְיוּ בְּמַחְנְכֶם הַטָּהוֹר בְּתוֹךְ כְּלַל אֲחֵינוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵלבְּהַדָּרוּשׁ לָהֶם בְּגֶשֶׁם וּבְרוּחַ.

No words can describe the great merit accruing to those who participate in the holy task of reciting Tehillim as part of a congregation, nor the great pleasure this arouses Above, as is spoken of in the sacred literature. A mere sliver of this is recorded in [the booklet entitled] Kuntreis Takkanas Amiras Tehillim BeRabbim (Kovetz Michtavim 1).

Fortunate are you, O Israel. By virtue of these endeavors, may you, your wives, sons, and daughters, be blessed with good health and abundant prosperity. And in your merit, may salvation be granted to the entire congregation of Israel in your fine community, together with the entire Jewish people, in all their material and spiritual needs.2

To Fill In the Background

The Rebbe Rayatz writes in a letter:3 “I am happy that my request regarding the recitation of Tehillim… is being accepted throughout the chassidic brotherhood and among G‑dfearing people everywhere….

“We have been commanded by the Torah to love our fellow Jew. [This love] is engraved within our hearts…. It is an essential love that binds all of Israel as one, without [any] distinction….

“As a result, we should strive for the true benefit of each and every Jew, especially in light of the great importance of the communal recitation of Tehillim and its inner intent which actually affects the entire Jewish people materially — their children, health and livelihood — and spiritually, with a flow of light, supernal effluence, and blessing, success, salvation, and redemption. We should therefore make every effort to institute [the practice of reciting Tehillim] in all shuls….”4