A Prayer to Merit Knowing that King David Himself is Called the Holy Torah, and We Must Read All [Five Books of Psalms] Every Day

BEFORE READING TEHILLIM (PSALMS)

Through all five books of King David, peace be upon him—who passed away and was born on Shavuot, the festival of the Giving of the Torah—because he himself was the Holy Torah. He himself is the four horns of the altar, the Golden Altar, which correspond to the first four Sefiros of Asiyah (the World of Action) that ascend to Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Yetzirah (the World of Formation). It was to there that King David, peace be upon him, ascended upon his death, for he was an altar of atonement for the entire Jewish people.

Because through the sin of Adam HaRishon (the First Man), the spiritual worlds descended from Atzilus (Emanation) to Beriah (Creation), from Beriah to Yetzirah (Formation), and from Yetzirah to Asiyah (Action). And through the Tehillim (Psalms) of King David, peace be upon him, the worlds ascend back from Asiyah to Yetzirah, from Yetzirah to Beriah, and from Beriah to Atzilus. For through the five books of Psalms, we rectify the five parts of a person's soul, which are Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah, and Yechidah. Therefore, we are obligated to read all five books every single day without skipping even a single letter.

By binding ourselves and practicing Hisbodedus (secluded prayer) with the soul of King David, peace be upon him, we merit to rectify and elevate all five parts of the soul: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah, and Yechidah. As it is written regarding the daughter of Yiftach, "And she was an only child (Yechidah)." And regarding this it is said, "Awake, why do You sleep?" and "Then Hashem awoke as one asleep, like a mighty man shouting from wine." This is said regarding Purim, when through wine we awaken from sleep and arouse ourselves from slumber. For after drinking the wine of Purim, it is impossible to sleep anymore, because the wine of Purim awakens one from sleep. Therefore it is said, "like a mighty man shouting from wine," because this wine is the wine of Torah that awakens one from sleep. The word "Yayin" (wine) has the gematria (numerical value) of seventy, corresponding to the seventy faces (facets) of the Torah. Therefore, now on the festival of Shavuot, it is possible to merit the seventy faces of the Torah in perfection, something that is impossible to merit to this degree throughout the rest of the year.

To Merit Reaching and Prostrating at the Grave of Abner ben Ner, Who Always Sought Holiness and Pure Truth; Whoever Reaches His Grave and Does Teshuvah (Repentance), All His Sins Are Forgiven, Because He Sacrificed His Soul for the Jewish People, Overcame His Nature, and Passed Away Without Taking Revenge, for the Sake of the Jewish People.

A prayer for the verse: "Praiseworthy is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the path of sinners, nor sat in the seat of scoffers. But his delight is in the Torah of Hashem, and in His Torah he meditates day (yomam = 96) and night (valaylah = 81)" which equals 177. And through this, may I merit to enter with my physical body into the Garden (Gan = 53) of Eden (Eden = 124), which also equals 177.

For Abner ben Ner never in his life sat in the seat of scoffers. He always sought Hashem and true, pure holiness. Therefore he said: "If you give me a point of grip on the earth that will not be uprooted from its place, I will shake the entire globe like a soap bubble flying in the air that bursts while still in its prime." Because the entire earth is not worth even a single letter of the Holy Torah, which shakes the entire globe and all its inhabitants like a driven leaf tossed before the wind.

Therefore, the grave of Abner is the most important grave; whoever comes there immediately has his sins forgiven. This is why he is buried together with Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah, and Leah [in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron]. For after Yoav stabbed him in the fifth rib, leaving him with only two minutes to live, then "the tzaddik saw and took vengeance"—he wanted to avenge his blood from the hand of Yoav. He grabbed him and squeezed him like one holding a day-old chick. Then the entire Jewish people prostrated themselves before him, begging for mercy and salvation: "Do not take from us the desire of our soul [Yoav, the general of the army], for only through him will be our salvation! If you take from us the delight of our hearts, we will fall powerless into the hands of our haters and pursuers."