Neshama Sheli

Tehillim for someone who is ill: standard version (20 min)

This standard collection takes approximately 20 minutes. Read the nine Psalms listed below in this order, then the sections of Psalm 119 corresponding to the letters of the person’s name and their mother’s name (for example, Avraham ben Sarah). Finish with the prayer for healing.

Basya Tsybukmakher

Tehillim for someone who is ill: standard version (20 min)

This standard collection takes approximately 20 minutes. Read the nine Psalms listed below in this order, then the sections of Psalm 119 corresponding to the letters of the person’s name and their mother’s name (for example, Avraham ben Sarah). Finish with the prayer for healing.

  1. Psalm 20
  2. Psalm 30
  3. Psalm 32
  4. Psalm 86
  5. Psalm 88
  6. Psalm 91
  7. Psalm 103
  8. Psalm 142
  9. Psalm 130

Psalm 119 by the letters of the name

Compile Psalm 119 sections by the letters of a name. Psalm 119.

Prayer for healing after the reading

EnglishHebrewEnglish transliteration

For a woman:
May He who blessed our holy and pure matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, Miriam the prophetess, Abigail and Esther daughter of Avihail, bless the sick woman (name), daughter of (mother’s name), and send her complete healing to all her 252 limbs and 365 sinews. Please, L-rd, please heal her! Please, L-rd, please heal her! Please, L-rd, please heal her! Heal her, strengthen her, cure her and restore her original strength. May this be His will, and let us say Amen!

For a man:
May He who blessed our holy and pure forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless the sick man (name), son of (mother’s name), and send him complete healing to all his 248 limbs and 365 sinews. Please, L-rd, please heal him! Please, L-rd, please heal him! Please, L-rd, please heal him! Heal him, strengthen him, cure him and restore his original strength. May this be His will, and let us say Amen!

за женщину: מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אִמּוֹתֵינוּ הַקְדוֹשׁוֹת וְהַטְּהוֹרוֹת, שָׂרָה רִבְקָּה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה, מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיָה וַאֲבִיגַיִל, וְאֶסְתֵּר בַּת אֲבִיחַיִל, הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַחוֹלָה _____בַּת _____ וְיִשְׁלַח לָהּ רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה בְּרַנ''ב אֵבָרֶיָה וְשַׁסַ''ה גִידֵיָה. אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לָהּ: אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לָהּ: אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לָהּ: וְהַחֲלִימָהּ, וְהַחֲזִיקָהּ, וְהַבְרִיאָהּ, וְהַחֲזִירָהּ לְאֵיתָנָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן. וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵןза мужчину: מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ הַקְדוֹשִׁים וְהַטְּהוֹרִים, אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֳקֹב, משֶׁה וְאַהֲרוֹן, דָּוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה, הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַחוֹלֶה _____בֶּן _____ וְיִשְׁלַח לוֹ רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה בְּרַמַ''ח אֵבָרָיו וְשַׁסַ''ה גִידָיו. אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לוֹ: אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לוֹ: אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לוֹ: וְהַחֲלִימֵהוּ, וְהַחֲזיקֵהוּ, וְהַבְרִיאֵהוּ, וְהַחֲזִירֵהוּ לְאֵיתָנוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן. וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.

For a woman:
Mi she-berakh imoteynu ha-kdoshot ve-ha-tehorot, Sara, Rivka, Rakhel ve-Leya, Miryam ha-neviya va-Avigail, ve-Ester bat Avikhail, hu yivarekh et ha-khola (name) bat (mother's name) ve-yishlakh la refua shlema be-RaNaV evareya ve-ShaSah gideya. El na, refa na lah. El na, refa na lah. El na, refa na lah. Ve-ha-khalimah, ve-ha-khazikah, ve-ha-vriyah, ve-ha-khazirah le-eytana ha-rishon. Ve-khen yihi ratson, ve-nomar Amen.
For a man:
Mi she-berakh avoteynu ha-kdoshim ve-ha-tehorim, Avraham, Itskhak ve-Yaakov, Moshe ve-Aharon, David u-Shlomo, hu yivarekh et ha-khole (name) ben (mother's name) ve-yishlakh lo refua shlema be-RaMaKh evarav ve-ShaSah gidav. El na, refa na lo. El na, refa na lo. El na, refa na lo. Ve-ha-khalimehu, ve-ha-khazikehu, ve-ha-vriehu, ve-ha-khazirehu le-eytano ha-rishon. Ve-khen yihi ratson, ve-nomar Amen.