Rabbi
Nachman gave the name “General Remedy” – in Hebrew, Tikkun HaKlali –
to a selection of Ten Psalms that he recommended for recital as a general
spiritual remedy bringing inner purity and joy as well as many other benefits,
and in particular as the remedy for a chance emission of seed.
The Ten
Psalms are: Psalms 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137 and 150.
They
should be recited in the same order in which they appear in the Book of Psalms (Likutey
Moharan II, 92).
An
English translation of the Ten Psalms is printed below together
with an English transliteration of the original Hebrew.
The Ten
Psalms correspond to the Ten Kinds of Song. These ten melodies are the true
remedy. This is the Tikkun HaKlali – the General Remedy.
There is a specific remedy for each sin, but this is the General Remedy. Go out
and spread the teaching of the Ten Psalms to everyone.
Sichot Haran #141
There
are places so fine and narrow that no remedy has the power to penetrate them
except through the General Remedy, which injects healing into even the
narrowest, finest places. First it is necessary to apply the General Remedy,
and through this all the individual flaws will automatically be rectified.
It is
true that the General Remedy is higher and more exalted than all the individual
remedies. But all the different remedies depend on the mind and brain: it is
necessary to draw purity from the mind and brain. And the only way to elevate
the mind is through the General Remedy. This is why it is first necessary to go
to the higher level, the General Remedy, in order to rectify the mind and
brain, and through this everything else is automatically rectified.
Likutey Moharan I, 29
One who
experiences a chance emission of seed should recite the Ten Psalms on the same
day. He need then have no further worries about the spiritual damage that can
be caused by such emissions, because any damage will certainly be repaired
through the recital of these Ten Psalms. This is a very great remedy.
Likutey Moharan II, 92
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Be very
careful to immerse in a mikveh (ritual pool) on the same day that you
have an unclean experience. It is best to immerse immediately, but if you are
unable to immerse first thing in the morning, do so at any time during the day,
even towards evening. It is very important to immerse on the same day.
Everyone
experiences a chance emission at some time or other. I call you to bear witness
that these Ten Psalms are a very effective remedy: they are the complete
remedy.
Some
people experience such emissions because of excess eating and drinking or as a
result of fatigue and exhaustion. Others have them because of sleeping in a bad
position. Such occurrences are nothing to worry about – they are like
bedwetting by an infant.
Sometimes
people are guarded from on high and protected from such experiences. Others are
spared because of their destiny. Sometimes a person might dream that he is
falling and suddenly wake up. This is a sign that he was protected from on
high.
Others
experience emissions because of their bad thoughts. This literally creates
impure forces. But even in such cases recital of the Ten Psalms will do much to
remedy the spiritual damage.
Many
great Tzaddikim tried to discover this remedy and labored hard to find it. Some
had no idea at all of the true remedy. Others began to grasp it, only to be
taken from the world before they could grasp it completely. But God has helped
me gain complete understanding of this matter. The remedy of the Ten Psalms is
entirely original. It is a most wonderful and awesome remedy.
It is
certainly best if you can immerse in a mikveh and then say the Ten
Psalms. But even if you are sick or traveling and unable to immerse, reciting
the Psalms alone is a great remedy. If you can say the Psalms with devotion and
feeling, it is best. But even just saying the words helps.
This
remedy has not been revealed since the time of creation.
Sichot Haran #141
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Repentance
helps for all sins including the spilling of seed in vain, no matter how many
times a person may have done it.
True
repentance means never again repeating the sin from now on. You must return to the
same place and situation as before in order to be tested. When you now restrain
yourself and break your desire, holding back from what you did
before, this is true repentance.
Sichot Haran #71
Bear witness to my words. When my days are
over and I leave this world, I will still intercede for anyone who comes to my
grave, says these Ten Psalms and gives a penny to charity. No matter how great
his sins, I will do everything in my power, spanning the length and breadth of
creation, to save him and cleanse him....
I am very positive in everything I say. But I
am most positive in regard to the great benefit of these Ten Psalms.
Prayer before reciting the Psalms:
Our God
and God of our fathers:
Who
chooses King David and his descendants; Who chooses songs and praises. Please
turn to me in mercy and accept the psalms I am about to say as
if King David himself were saying them, and let his merit protect us.
There
is merit in every verse of the psalms and in every word, in every letter,
vowel and note and in all the holy names spelled out by the first and last
letters of each Hebrew word.
Let
this merit stand in our favor to atone for our sins and transgressions, cut
down our enemies and accusers on High, and destroy all the thorns and thistles
surrounding the Supernal Rose. Send down blessing from Your exalted place to
all the levels of our soul and spirit, to purify us from our sins, forgive our
transgressions and atone for our rebellion, just as You forgave King David who
recited these Psalms before You. “And God will cause
your sin to pass away and you will not die” (II Samuel 12:13).
Do not
take us from this world before our time. Give us a full life throughout our
span of seventy years so that we may make amends for all the wrong we have
done.
May the
merit of King David protect us. Be patient with us until we return
to You in perfect repentance.
Grant
us blessing from Your treasury of open-handed generosity, as it is written: “I
will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I
will show mercy” (Exodus 33:19). Just as we sing before You in this
world, grant us the privilege of singing before You, God, in the world to come.
Through our recital of the Psalms, let pleasant song break forth
with rejoicing and exultation. Let glory be given to Israel; and splendor and
beauty shall be in the House of God. Bring it speedily in our days. Amen.
Before reciting the Tikkun HaKlali, it is good to say the following:
In
saying these Ten Psalms I bind myself to all the
true Tzaddikim in this generation and all the true Tzaddikim who have departed,
“the holy ones who are in the earth,” and especially our holy Rebbe, Tzaddik,
foundation of the world, the “flowing brook, source of wisdom,” Rabbi Nachman
the son of Feige, may his merit protect us, who revealed this remedy.
Come
let us sing to God, let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us
come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us sing to Him joyously in
song. For God is a great God and a great King over all gods (Psalms 95:1-3).
Before beginning the Psalms, say:
I
prepare my mouth to give thanks and praise to my Creator, to unify the Holy One,
blessed
be He, and His Indwelling
Presence in awe and love, through the Hidden and Concealed One, in the name of
all Israel.
Taken from The
Essential Rabbi Nachman book.
Translated by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum.
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