The well-known Maggid, HaRav Baruch Rosenbloom, spoke about the power of Perek 91 of Tehillim in his weekly shiur.

“HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau said at the beginning of the war that each person should say “???? ???? ?????.” Why? Because the Gemara in Masechtas Shavuos (Daf 15) says that this mizmor is mesugal (propitious) to be saved from harm – therefore it’s called the ????? ???? ????????? – that’s what the Gemara says. You say it – and you’re saved from harm. This mizmor is the mizmor of protection. Why? Just as a sukkah is called “?????? ?? ??? ???? ??????” – and Hakadosh Baruch Hu says to everyone – ‘Gather to Me in the sukkah and you’ll be protected there.’ When we enter the sukkah – we have protection from the ??????? – the prosecutors. At a time that the Midas HaDin is taut – you don’t have a sukkah, you don’t have a reason to enter a sukkah. Hakadosh Baruch Hu sat us in the sukkah throughout Sukkos. The incident [October 7 massacre] was not on Sukkos. When did it happen? After the Din was completed [on Hoshanah Rabba]. When were in the sukkah, we were protected. After we left the sukkah, this disaster occurred.”

“Do you want to continue as if in a sukkah? “???? ???? ?????,??? ??? ??????” – that’s how we’ll be protected from ??????. Do you know who said this mizmor in order to achieve victory? The ???”? writes – we’re noheig during Chanukah to light the candles after we sing Maoz Tzur and Neiros Halulu to sit and say “???? ????” seven times. The ???”? asks – the Magen Avraham brings it – why should we say “???? ????” seven times? What happened? When the Chashmanoim went out to war against the Yevanim, 13 men said this mizmor and were victorious over thousands and tens of thousands of Yevanim. What was their secret? The ???”? and the Magen Avraham write – they said “???? ????.” What protected them? This mizmor – the ????? ???? ?????????. When you say this mizmor, you’re surrounded, surrounded with the ???? ????????? – that’s the secret of protection.”

“If so, after we learned this secret, we’ll just add one additional thing – that the “???????” writes – Reb Dovid Avudraham writes – ‘When you end Shabbos, you say “???? ???? ?????.” Why? He writes that in the entire mizmor, there’s no letter zayin. For whoever says this mizmor won’t need ??? ??? [weapons].”

“You want to be protected? You have protection – “???? ???? ????? ??? ??? ??????.” You requested from Hakadosh Baruch Hu to hide you under the kanfei hashechinah – like Noach was protected when he went into the teivah.”

“Say this mizmor and tell everyone you know – say this mizmor every day during these times so that Hakadosh Baruch Hu will protect us. It’s not just a segulah – like the Chinuch writes – the Chinuch writes that a person who says this mizmor is mechazeik in bitachon.

The Chinuch writes in ???? ???”?:

??????????? ??????, ???????? ?????? ????????? ?????????? ?????? ?????????? ??????, ???????? ???????? ??????????? ??????????? ???? ???? ?????????, ??????????? ?????????? ????????? ?????????? ??? ???????? ????????, ?????????? ????????????? ??? ??? ??????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?????..

A person who relies on Hashem – “???? ????? ???, ????? ??????, ???? ?? ???.”

“.?? ?????? ???? ?????? ????? ????”

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)