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Because of the long Psalms, it was hard to read it every day. One man in Israel has recorded all those Ten Psalms with religious melody. This project sold above then 100,000 units in short time.
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What is the Tikkun Haklali?
By Rabbi Dovid Shapiro

When God told Avraham to circumcise himself, He said:
"And you shall guard my Brit (covenant), you and your descendants after you for all their generations" (Bereishit 17:9).

Because of this statement, circumcision has always been referred to as "Brit". Although the Torah also uses the word Brit in different contexts, the most common usage refers to circumcision. What is so unique about circumcision that is referred to as a covenant, an agreement between G=d and the Jewish people?

The prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah) (60:20) says "And your people are all tzaddikim, righteous." The Zohar (I:93a) asks how is it possible to say that all Jews are tzaddikim when we see some are not and then answers that that they belong to the category of tzaddikim because the are circumcised and they circumcise their children.

In Likutei Moharan, Torah 23, Rebbe Nachman says that the Jews are all tzaddikim because of the "Brit", and Reb Nosson says that the Rebbe told him that this means because they are circumcised.

But this Brit, this covenant between a Jew and his Creator, does not end with circumcision. In that same Likutei Moharan, Rebbe Nachman also says that every Jew who guards his Brit is considered a tzaddik relative to another Jew who is not at the same level when it comes to guarding his Brit. Circumcision is the first step in bringing a Jewish man into the category of "Tzaddik" and without that mitzvah he cannot relate to the truly great Tzaddikim. He must continue to guard and sanctify the mark of circumcision by avoiding misuse of that part of his body which at the time of his Brit was dedicated to purity and sanctity.

In Likutei Moharan (I:2 and I:130) Rebbe Nachman quotes the Zohar stating that the yetzer hara, the evil inclination, focuses its influence on moral issues. Someone once spoke highly of a certain Tzaddik to Rebbe Nachman. Rebbe Nachman responded, "How is he with that desire?" The Chassid replied "How can anyone know about that?" Rebbe Nachman responded, "But that is the main thing. All the other desires can easily be subdued but the true measure of a Tzaddik is to what extent he has purified himself in that desire" (Chayei Moharan 601).

In Likutei Halachot (Hilchot Kidushin 3:3; Hilchot Nachalot 3:2), Reb Nosson writes that there are thousands and tens of thousands of levels in sanctifying one's Brit. And although everyone should pray and strive for perfection, the first level is to observe all the laws of the Torah (written and oral) concerning matters of morality and marital relations.

The Mesilat Yesharim writes (chapter 18) that chassidut is the observance of mitzvot beyond that which is obligatory for every Jew, but a "Chassid" who loves his Creator will want to expand on these obligations in any way that will bring "nachas Ruach" (pleasure) to Him.

Rebbe Nachman (Likutei Moharan I:11) points out that there are two ways of guarding of the Brit: through refraining from the prohibitions stated in the Torah, and through sanctifying oneself beyond that. The first category (refraining from the prohibitions) is called "lower unity (yichuda tata'a)" and corresponds to Boruch Shem, Blessed is His name. The second category is called "higher unity (Yichuda Ila'a) and corresponds to Shma Yisroel, Hear O Israel.

The Torah does not expect every Jew to achieve the purity of the greatest tzaddikim. At the same time, we must realize that our level of purity need not remain static, and that we are expected to constantly continue to purify and elevate ourselves, in thought, word, and deed.

In Likutei Moharan II:48, Rebbe Nachman writes that every movement that brings a person out of physicality and closer to God is "very precious." If a person progresses even a minute amount, in the higher world he has traversed huge distances. Rebbe Nachman illustrated this with a story (Rabbi Nachman's Stories #16, “The Melancholy Saint”) about a Tzaddik who flew many miles in the upper worlds, but when he returned to earth, found that he was very close to his original starting point.

Since a person's spiritual level is not static, in addition to being able to elevate ourselves, we are in danger of falling. It's important to learn to deal with that possibility and to do everything in our power to assure that if we do fall, we will not exceed the minimal boundaries set by the Torah. At the same time, when we fall, we must never lose hope of elevating ourselves to higher levels, and even surpassing our previous levels. Very often, a decline is preparation for a significant ascent, as Rebbe Nachman and Reb Nosson often remind us in their writings.

If a person failed to break his fall in time and has transgressed clear prohibitions, he must be prepared to deal even with this. In Likutei Moharan II:12, Rebbe Nachman tells us that when one is in the lowest of depths, stuck in the mire, he has a special opportunity to find the highest levels of holiness which are hidden there - but only if he is firmly resolved to search for God.

Not only is despair pointless, it can also lead to falling to further depths. But how can anyone escape despair when he understands the seriousness of these moral transgressions? How can a person not despair when the Zohar (219b) states that repentance does not help when it comes to the sin ofEr and Onan?

Rebbe Nachman states (Sichot Haran 71) that the Zohar should not be understood literally. Repentance always helps, and the main thing is not to repeat one's wrong doing.

Rebbe Nachman declared that one can completely rectify this sin if after repenting he goes to the mikveh and then recites ten particular Psalms (16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 91, 105, 137, 150) to rectify the damage of that transgression. (Earlier tzaddikim attempted to find ways to rectify this sin. See for example the Shl"a and Yesod Yosef, written by Rabbi Yosef ben Shlomo of Posen, dealing mainly with this topic. But they would not guarantee that their recommendations would completely correct the problem). Afterwards, a person should continue striving towards perfection without worrying about this episode.

These ten Psalms are known as the Tikkun Haklali. In Likutei Moharan I:29 Rabbi Nachman explained that to rectify all of a persons transgressions is very difficult, but if he can rectify the trangressions associated with the Brit, which encompasses all the other transgressions, he will thus rectify all of them. Therefore rectification of the Brit is called the general rectification – Tikkun Haklali.

In addition, Rebbe Nachman stated that these ten Psalms have a special power and declared before two witnesses that if a person recites these Psalms at his grave in Uman and donates a pruta (a tiny amount of money) to charity in Rebbe Nachman's honor, then Rebbe Nachman will make every effort to help that person escape from the depths, no matter how deeply he had fallen.

Because of the long Psalms, it was hard to read it every day. One man in Israel has recorded all those Ten Psalms with religious melody. This project sold above then 100,000 units in short time.
We offer this all ten Psalms download it to your computer or to music player. You could listen in your home, car or on the road with your moveable music player.

Tikkun HaKlali – The Ten Psalms:

Prayers of the heart, the words we speak in hitbodedut should be said in our own languages. Prayers from the siddurs, taught to us by our Sages and Rabbis should be recited in Hebrew. Nevertheless if one cannot read Hebrew he is still merited for saying the equivalence in English. (The Ten Psalms in English can be found in an English – Hebrew Psalms book; the chapters are: 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150.)

The “Yehi Ratzon” prayer to say before reciting the Ten Psalms:

Translation:

Our G-D and G-d of our fathers:

Who chooses King David and his descendants; who chooses songs and praises. Please turn to me in mercy and accept the Psalms I am going to say as if King David himself were saying them, and let his merit protect us.

There is merit in every verse of the Psalms and in every word, in their letters, vowels and notes and in all the holy names spelled out by the first and last letters of each Hebrew word.

Let this merit stand in our favor to atone for our sins and transgressions, cut down our enemies and accusers on High, and destroy all the thorns and thistles surrounding the Supernal Rose. Send down blessing from Your exalted place to all the levels of our soul and spirit, to purify us from our sins, forgive our transgressions and atone for our rebellion, just as You forgave King David who recited these psalms before You. “And G-D will cause your sin to pass away and you will not die” (Samuel II 12:13).

Do not take us from this world before our time. Give us a full life throughout our span of seventy years so that we can make amends for all the wrong we have done.

May the merit of King David protect us, and be patient with us until we return to You in perfect repentance.

Grant us blessing from Your treasury of open-handed generosity, as it is written: “I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy” (Exodus 33:19). Just as we sing before You in this world, grant us the privilege of singing before You, G-D, in the World to Come.

Through our recital of the psalms, let pleasant song break forth with rejoicing and exultation. Let glory be given to Israel; and splendor and beauty shall be in the House of G-D. Bring it speedily in our days, Amen.

Before reciting the Tikkun HaKlali, it is good to say the following:

Translation:

In saying these ten psalms I am binding myself to all the true Tzaddikim in this generation and all the true Tzaddikim who have departed, "the holy ones who are in the earth", and especially our holy Rebbe, Tzaddik, foundation of the world, the "flowing brook, source of wisdom", Rabbi Nachman the son of Feiga, (may his merit protect us,) who revealed this remedy.

Come let us sing to G-D, let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us sing to Him joyously in song. For GOD is a great GOD and a great King over all gods (Psalms 95:1-3).

I prepare my mouth to give thanks and praise to my Creator, to unify the Holy One, blessed-be-he, and His Shechinah in awe and love, through the Hidden and Concealed One, in the name of all Israel.