Tree of Souls by Schwartz Howard; Loebel-Fried Caren; Ginsburg Elliot K

Author:Schwartz, Howard; Loebel-Fried, Caren; Ginsburg, Elliot K.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2004-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

354. THE HOLY BREATH

King David wrote the Psalms with divine inspiration—with the Holy Breath. This Holy Breath is still in the words of the Psalms. When a person recites the Psalms, his breath arouses the Holy Breath in these words. Therefore, when a person recites the Psalms, it is as if King David himself were chanting them.

This is a teaching of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. The Holy Breath is the Ruah ha-Kodesh, which can also be translated as “the Holy Spirit.” (See “The Holy Spirit,” p.18). Ruah means both “breath” and “spirit.” Ruah ha-Kodesh is the source of divine inspiration, with which King David is said to have written the Psalms.

Sources:

Sihot ha-Ran 98.

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