[Avodah] tehillim on shabbat

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Sun Jan 18 22:21:15 PST 2009


Eli Turkel wrote:
> The problem with tehillim on shabbat is that one is not supposed to ask for
> personal requests on shabbat which why we dont say the regular shemonei esrei
> on shabbat.

But tehillim isn't requests, it's torah shebichtav.  Saying the tefilot
that accompany it is another matter, which is why there's a special one
for shabbat that doesn't include any inappropriate requests, just a general
one that the zechut of the tehillim should stand by us.


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