Tehillim - Psalms

David Hamelech (King David) mainly composed Sefer Tehillim - the book of Psalms. These songs were Divinely inspired. David Hamelech wrote them at different stages in his life; at times, he praised and thanked G-d; other times, he cried out to G-d to save him. Throughout Jewish history, the Jewish people have turned to their Tehillims and recited chapter after chapter in times of great danger and in times of joy. Tehillim is so prevalent in our day-to-day lives. We find various chapters throughout our siddur - prayer book in our daily prayers.

Currently, Israel and the Jewish people all over the world are fighting a war. While some are physically battling, many of us recite Tehillim as much as possible.

Knowing how unique the teachings of Rabbi Shimshon Chaim zt”l are, we looked to see if any of the tzaddiks teachings on Tehillim were published - they were! We decided to dedicate the next few months, with God’s help, to share the teachings of the Zera Shimshon on Tehillim.

There are many videos in English and Hebrew on YouTube going through each chapter of Tehillim in detail, going through each verse, and explaining each chapter’s deeper and hidden meaning.

We decided to take a different approach. G-d willing, we plan to summarize what the chapter is about. We picked out a few verses to expound upon, sharing commentary of various Rabbinical scholars such as Rashi, Radak, the Metzudos David, etc., and, of course, the teachings of the Zera Shimshon. Unfortunately, not every chapter has a lesson by the Zera Shimshon in the Tehillim that we have. Therefore, the lessons we will share on the chapters that don’t have a lesson on the Zera Shimshon will have a lesson on the Zera Shimshon from either the Parsha of the week or other works that the tzaddik wrote about.