The Talmud (P’sachim 117a) states that there are ten types of songs/expressions in the Book of Psalms: 1) conducting (nitzuach), 2) melody (nigun), 3) musical accompaniment (mizmor), 4) song (shir), 5) praise (hallel), 6) prayer (t’filah), 7) blessing (brachah), 8) thanksgiving (hodaah), 9) praises (ashrei), and 10) “Praise God” (hallelukah).
Each chapter in the book of T’hilim begins with a headline that tells us something about the purpose of the psalm. The most recurrent headline, LaM’natzei’ach, heads 55 out of a total of 150 psalms. A m’natzei’ach is a conductor, and the verb l’natzei’ach means to be victorious. A conductor prevails in creating harmony among the different instruments in the orchestra. A victor prevails over his enemies. The Talmud explains that the Conductor/Victor is referring to Hashem. Our lives are discordant and dissonant. Our ultimate M’natzei’ach, Hashem, can re-tune our lives and bring peace to all the different pieces. This indeed is victory on the ultimate level. The word “LaM’natzei’ach” also emphasizes that Hashem orchestrates the world eternally (la’netzach).
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List of People Who Need a R’fuah Sh’leimah (Please recite Psalms 69, 86, 88, 89, and 90.)
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Yaffah bas Monavar
Chein ben Tzionah
Chayah Sarah bas Tziporah Svetta
Shlomo ben Leah
David ben Leila
Ron ben Judith
Mordechai ben Ziesel
Kalman Moshe ben Devorah
John Douglas ben Evelyn Lorraine
Carol bas Rose
Pam bas Clara
Chayah Sheina Chanah bas Itcha
Dinah bas Tziporah
Ezra Refael ben Taoos Miriam
Sally Ronit bas Taoos Miriam
Efrayim ben Leah
Shmuel ben Monavar
Chayah Ayalah bas Tali
Chaim Yehudah ben Leah
Meir Peretz ben Chayah Malkah
Sarah bas Yaffah
Rabbanit Mazal Tov Rira bas Simchah
Isaac ben Dinah
Tinok ben Moriah Temimah
Tzviah bas Sheindel
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Ziesel
Yosef Yeshaya ben Rivkah Liba
Eitan Moshe ben Malkah
Eliezer Lipa ben Lifshe
Maayan bas Devorah Hadassah
Chanah bas Shani
Noriel ben Rachel
Reuven Yerachmiel Dov-Ber ben Chayah Rachel
Yitzchak Tuvyah ben Breindel Leah
Samuel Antwi ben Amma-Baadooah
Elimelech ben Rivkah Dinah
Mordechai Chai ben Brachah Yehudis
Yoel Yisrael ben Sarah Esther
Yosef Noach ben Leah Tzivyah
Shahram Shalom ben Touran
Efrat bas Oshra
Rachel bas Shoshanah
Rivkah Reizel bas Chanah Beila
Aharon Godel ben Shprintza Reizel
Jacklin bas Yaffah
Iraj ben Minor
Sharonah bas Malkah
Elisheva bas Miriam
Shlomo Yehudah Daniel Ben Eli
Shlomo Zalman ben Leah
Shoshanah Leah bas Liba
Chayah Tziporah bas Malkah Leah
Katriel ben Esther
Svetlana Orley bas Sarah