Saying a person’s Kappitel of Tehillim responding to their age when in need for a Refuah
Question:
It is well known the instruction of the Rebbe that everyone should say their own kappitel (chapter) Tehillim corresponding to their age.
Is there however any source that if someone (not a child, spouse, or parent) needs a refuah, that one should be saying that person’s kappitel responding to their age?
Did the Rebbe ever say to others that to daven for another person’s refuah one should say the kappitel Tehillim corresponding to their age?
Answer:
Possibly, however not that I know of.
There is however a rumor that the Rebbe instructed to do so in a particular case where a child was struggling/drifting away from yiddishkeit. See here (2:30 approx).
Indeed, the original segula of saying one’s children’s’ kappitel is associated with them staying on the path.1
It does however stand to reason that saying one’s kapittel elicits bracha for the person.
See for example here (page 202) regarding saying the Rebbe’s kapittel.
#13646
