4 texts in Kabbalah & Mysticism
Shimush Tehillim (שמוש תהלים), the Magical Use of Psalms, is a remarkable text that transforms the Book of Psalms from a collection of prayers and poems into a practical manual of ...
The protection Psalms in Shimush Tehillim are the text's most famous and widely practiced section. For centuries, Jewish communities around the world have recited specific Psalms i...
Shimush Tehillim devotes extensive attention to Psalms for healing and wisdom—two categories that, in Jewish thought, are deeply connected. The Hebrew word for healing, refuah (רפו...
The most esoteric section of Shimush Tehillim deals with the divine names hidden within the Psalms themselves—names that are not written explicitly but encoded through acrostics, g...