If you feel you are starting to fall, say the whole Sefer Tehillim 5 times first, works every time.

What Chaza"l wrote for us expresses our deepest needs and desires, though we might not be aware of it.

Our own begging and speaking to Him reflects what we are aware we need, here in the darkness of the golus inside our bodies.

We are yidden. We have always done both.

(See the Me'iri on the sugya of t'fillas haderech in b'rachos. He explains that the tefillos haderech and suchh that chaza"l composed were just springboards for every yid to make up his own words and express his present needs to Hashem in an open and honest way.)

So there is no argument here, it seems....

7Up wrote on 12 Oct 2010 15:07:


Wow! thats a chap only a rebetzen can come up with, nice
i recently realized how powerful this paragraph is, & i try to say it with gr8 kavuna every day & i gota say it helps
but we all know that hashem aint care what exactly words u use, as long as u ask him in a nice way & wont hurt if u mention that u ask for כבוד שמים

How about extra kevana when saying "Somech nophlim veroiphe cholim"

How about it?

I also like the pasuk " Somech Hashem lechol hanophlim, vezokeph kephuphim".  Somehow anything with the word "Nophel" gets to me.  Considering that we say this and the other 6x a day, theres' pleanty of opportunity.

I also heard a chasideshe vort on "Mashiv Haruoah umorid haGeshem", meaning that we should mashiv, lift, our ruchiniyos and morid, drop our gashmiyos.  I guess this could apply to anything and everything, but having in mind this addiction could help. 

Come to think about we could probably go through every bracha in shmone esreh and apply it to our struggles.  For instance;
Chonen – Hashem give me the daas to get out of this addiction
Hashivenu – Return me to YOUR ways
Rephaeinu – Heal us from this sickness

Gotta run, but feel free for anyone to continue…

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From Michtav Me'Eliyahu. (Vol. 2 Chanuka.)

לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד.עַד-אָנָה יְהוָה, תִּשְׁכָּחֵנִי נֶצַח;    עַד-אָנָה, תַּסְתִּיר אֶת-פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי
.
“A psalm by David. How long HaShem will you endlessly forget me? How long will you hide your countenance from me?” David expresses his feelings of how alone and abandoned he feels when HaShem does not reveal Himself. HaShem’s “hiding” seems endless.


עַד-אָנָה אָשִׁית עֵצוֹת, בְּנַפְשִׁי

“How long must I set schemes within myself?” There are more and more questions, and I need to constantly devise new ways to strengthen myself.

  יָגוֹן בִּלְבָבִי יוֹמָם

“Is my heart melancholy even by day?” I live in fear that I will stumble and falter.
עַד-אָנָה,    יָרוּם אֹיְבִי עָלָי

“How long will my enemy triumph over me?” My Yetzer Hara overpowers me, and it seems that there is no way out.

הַבִּיטָה עֲנֵנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי;    הָאִירָה עֵינַי, פֶּן-אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת
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“Look! Answer me! HaShem my G-d; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. Lest my enemy boast:  I have overcome him!” the danger is becoming worse, and if I am not saved immediately I will be lost.

פֶּן-יֹאמַר אֹיְבִי יְכָלְתִּיו;    צָרַי יָגִילוּ, כִּי אֶמּוֹט
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“Lest my tormentors rejoice when I falter.” At least save me so as not to cause a desecration of Your Name.

וַאֲנִי, בְּחַסְדְּךָ בָטַחְתִּי

“But as for me, I trust in your kindness,” What do I do when there seems to be no way out; place my complete trust in HaShem.

יָגֵל לִבִּי, בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ

“my heart will exalt in your salvation” Already now I can rejoice in the knowledge of Your salvation.

Hashem please help me!

you left out the 3...

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Tehilim kapitel 38 is very powerfull for me.

There is a tefilla from Reb Chaim Volozhiner in Keser Rosh asking Hashem for help when going out ....

Does anyone have Otzar Hachochma so that he can search for it?

I remember hearing some of the words "Hineni holech b'gei tzalmaves u'mokom mesuken..."