Tehillim Q&A
What are the best hours to recite Tehillim? Is it permissible to read while lying down or on an unclean bus? What about Tehillim on a mobile phone?
Hello Rabbi. According to one version, Tehillim is read from midnight until midday, and according to another version, from midnight until sunset. Which is correct?
Peace and blessings. From midnight until sunset the next day, you can recite Tehillim optimally. King David composed and wrote the Book of Tehillim between midnight and sunrise.
Hello Rabbi. Is it permissible to read Tehillim while lying down? And is Tehillim reading limited to daytime hours only? How should women set times for Torah study?
Peace and blessings. It is permissible to read Tehillim while lying down. One should not optimally read Tehillim from the beginning of the night until midnight. Women are not obligated to study Torah except for learning the laws that apply to them in practice.
Hello Rabbi. I recently purchased new tefillin and began putting them on every morning. I have been reading Tehillim daily for quite some time. Is there any problem with reading Tehillim while still wearing tefillin and tallit, or must I remove them first?
Peace and blessings. Fortunate are you for meriting this. It is a great mitzvah to recite Tehillim while wearing tefillin, and there is no problem with this.
Rabbi, I know it's forbidden to pray, say holy words, etc. in an unclean place or where there is an immodestly dressed woman. If so, is it permissible for a woman to read Tehillim on a bus when such a woman passes by, sits next to her, or when it's not very clean?
Peace and blessings. A woman is permitted to read Tehillim even in front of an immodestly dressed woman. If there is no foul odor from excrement or the like, it is permissible to read Tehillim on a bus.
What is the law regarding Tehillim on a mobile device - is it proper and kosher? May one enter a bathroom with it? Or is it better to delete it? And if the phone falls, should one kiss it?
Peace and blessings. It is proper and appropriate, and one may enter the bathroom with it and there is no need to kiss it.
Is it correct to recite Tehillim in a whisper, just moving the lips and not out loud?
Peace and blessings. It is proper to say Tehillim aloud, so that at least you can hear what you are saying.
