Three requests from Sharona Avraham, a Jewish New Yorker and mother of three, have sparked the launch of a major Psalms (Tehillim) project spanning continents. What began as a manual distribution of names and chapters of Psalms through personal and group WhatsApp messages to friends and women in the Jewish community of Great Neck, Long Island, where Avraham resides, has evolved into a global initiative for matchmaking, fertility and healing. This project now reaches beyond the U.
S. and Canada, extending to Europe and Israel. Recently, an English-language website called Tehillim for Life was launched, offering Psalms readings in both English and Hebrew.
Tehillim for life Avraham, 53, the daughter of an Israeli and an Afghan Jew who married in Israel and immigrated to America, is enthusiastic when discussing her new initiative, which is based on the timeless phrase from Jewish tradition: "Whoever prays for his friend is answered first." “I have always read Tehillim and witnessed the miracles and wonders, as well as the wonderful and unique feeling I get when I read them. Today, I want to share this with the entire Jewish world, not just my friends or neighbors,” she said at the beginning of the interview.
"The desire to share this with everyone is something that burns within me. When my children were young, we would read Tehillim together. We learned to be grateful for the bad as well as the good.
Yes, even for the bad because now, in mid-life, I understand why I had to go .
