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The recitation of Psalms is a great virtue — as if King David himself recited them. For he said them in the Holy Spirit (217), and the Holy Spirit rests within the words, and when one recites them one arouses with the breath of one's mouth the Holy Spirit — until it is considered as if King David the king, peace be upon him, himself said them. And it is a great segulah for healing the sick — to give him confidence only in Hashem Yisburach (218). And I heard in his name: once a son was born to him — Shlomo Efraim (219) — and he commanded that Psalms should be recited before him. He said: through the recitation of Psalms before an infant, great holiness is drawn into the child. And similarly it is good to recite Psalms before any person, for through them one draws great holiness upon that person (220). 217. RAK: See Likutay Moharan 156. 218. RAK: See Chayai Moharan, Discourses Connected to the Stories, section 13. 219. RAK: Shlomo Efraim was born a little before Rosh Chodesh Nisan 5565. 220. RAK: See below 144, 227.