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== Customs of Shabbos Mevarchim == | == Customs of Shabbos Mevarchim == | ||
Regarding the special order of Shabbos Mevarchim, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] wrote: | Regarding the special order of Shabbos Mevarchim, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] wrote:<blockquote>"On Shabbos Kodesh Mevarchim HaChodesh, early in the morning, Anash should gather in the shul to recite the entire Tehillim. After saying Tehillim, they should learn for about an hour some maamar of Chassidus that everyone can understand, followed by davening, and then a farbrengen at a time that fits the local conditions."</blockquote>The recitation of Tehillim on Shabbos Mevarchim affects him, his children, and his grandchildren. | ||
"On Shabbos Kodesh Mevarchim HaChodesh, early in the morning, Anash should gather in the shul to recite the entire Tehillim. After saying Tehillim, they should learn for about an hour some maamar of Chassidus that everyone can understand, followed by davening, and then a farbrengen at a time that fits the local conditions." | |||
The recitation of Tehillim on Shabbos Mevarchim affects him, his children, and his grandchildren. | |||
It is a day of farbrengen and making good hachlatos (resolutions). The Frierdiker Rebbe also instructed the Rebbe to hold a farbrengen every Shabbos Mevarchim, which the Rebbe did during the Frierdiker Rebbe's lifetime and throughout the years afterward (from 5748, the Rebbe began to farbreng every Shabbat). | It is a day of farbrengen and making good hachlatos (resolutions). The Frierdiker Rebbe also instructed the Rebbe to hold a farbrengen every Shabbos Mevarchim, which the Rebbe did during the Frierdiker Rebbe's lifetime and throughout the years afterward (from 5748, the Rebbe began to farbreng every Shabbat). | ||
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During winter Shabbatot, when it's not always possible to properly farbreng in the afternoon, the Frierdiker Rebbe instructed to arrange the farbrengens on Motzei Shabbat. | During winter Shabbatot, when it's not always possible to properly farbreng in the afternoon, the Frierdiker Rebbe instructed to arrange the farbrengens on Motzei Shabbat. | ||
== Details of the Tehillim Recitation Takana == | ==== Details of the Tehillim Recitation Takana ==== | ||
# The recitation should be early in the morning before Shacharis (and learning Chassidus). | # The recitation should be early in the morning before Shacharis (and learning Chassidus). | ||
# It's preferable to recite in a minyan at shul. | # It's preferable to recite in a minyan at shul. | ||
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The Rebbe's custom is to say all of sefer Tehillim continuously, without interrupting in the middle to say 'Yehi Ratzon' after each sefer. | The Rebbe's custom is to say all of sefer Tehillim continuously, without interrupting in the middle to say 'Yehi Ratzon' after each sefer. | ||
== Reasons for the Takana == | ==== Reasons for the Takana ==== | ||
Shabbos Mevorchim is a general day that influences blessing for all days of the month, as in the text of Birchas HaChodesh said on this Shabbos: "Renew for us this month for good and for blessing, for joy and for gladness, for salvation and for consolation." The drawing down of the blessing depends on making a vessel below, and saying all of Tehillim on this Shabbos is the vessel that prepares and gives strength for the blessing to work and influence successfully all days of the month. Tehillim is a vessel for drawing down Hashem's blessing for all days of the month. | Shabbos Mevorchim is a general day that influences blessing for all days of the month, as in the text of Birchas HaChodesh said on this Shabbos: "Renew for us this month for good and for blessing, for joy and for gladness, for salvation and for consolation." The drawing down of the blessing depends on making a vessel below, and saying all of Tehillim on this Shabbos is the vessel that prepares and gives strength for the blessing to work and influence successfully all days of the month. Tehillim is a vessel for drawing down Hashem's blessing for all days of the month. | ||
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Therefore there is maximum importance to say all Tehillim on Shabbos Mevorchim before davening, as this influences tremendous blessing on all the coming days of the month for good. | Therefore there is maximum importance to say all Tehillim on Shabbos Mevorchim before davening, as this influences tremendous blessing on all the coming days of the month for good. | ||
== Blessing of the New Month == | ==== Blessing of the New Month ==== | ||
'''Blessing of the New Month - Expanded Entry''' | '''Blessing of the New Month - Expanded Entry''' | ||
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The Rebbe innovates that the inner reason for this is to tell us that the blessing and "giving of strength" for the month's divine service comes from the preceding month. | The Rebbe innovates that the inner reason for this is to tell us that the blessing and "giving of strength" for the month's divine service comes from the preceding month. | ||
== Shabbos Mevarchim of Tishrei == | ==== Shabbos Mevarchim of Tishrei ==== | ||
In Hayom Yom for the 25th of Elul, it is brought down in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that the custom is not to recite the Blessing of the New Month on the last Shabbos Mevarchim of the year, since Hashem Himself blesses the month of Tishrei, and through this power, the Jewish people bless the other months eleven times throughout the year. | In Hayom Yom for the 25th of Elul, it is brought down in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that the custom is not to recite the Blessing of the New Month on the last Shabbos Mevarchim of the year, since Hashem Himself blesses the month of Tishrei, and through this power, the Jewish people bless the other months eleven times throughout the year. | ||
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== Further Reading == | == Further Reading == | ||
Ten Facts About Reciting Tehillim on Shabbos Mevarchim in Beis Moshiach Magazine Issue 1225 | Ten Facts About Reciting Tehillim on Shabbos Mevarchim in Beis Moshiach Magazine Issue 1225 | ||
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== External Links == | |||
* '''Chabad History: How the Recitation of Tehillim on Shabbat Mevarchim Was Established''' - on website, 30 Kislev 5775/December 2014 | |||
* '''4 Things You Didn't Know About Shabbat Mevarchim''' Chabad House website | |||
* '''Who Initiated the Recitation of Tehillim on Shabbat Mevarchim?''' (English) | |||
* 'Maximal Shabbat Mevarchim' - article in Beit Moshiach weekly by Israel Yehuda (link is not active, 6 Tevet 5785/January 2025). | |||