"My name is Rina (this is not her real name), and I live in Gush Etzion.
A few months ago, when I was in my car, riding towards Gush Etzion, there
was a serious traffic jam. When I reached the Gush, I saw the reason for
the heavy traffic--there had been an accident, and cars were standing in
the road. Out of curiosity, I looked quickly to see what had happened. I
was startled to see a completely smashed car blocking the road, with a
body lying on the road, covered with a sheet.
"I wonder who the poor
dead person might be, I thought to myself. Is it a single person or somebody
married, somebody with a family or not, a man or a woman? Will there now be
new orphans or perhaps bereaved parents who do not yet know what has
happened? I got out of my car and took out a book of Tehillim, and I prayed
with flowing tears and with great devotion. After a little while, the traffic
started to move. I returned to my car and went home as fast as I
could.
"Two weeks later, I was sitting at home, and the phone rang. At
the other end of the line, I heard an unfamiliar voice of a young woman. She
asked, 'Are you the one who stopped on Tuesday two weeks ago at the side of
the road and read Tehillim?' 'Yes, I am,' I replied, wondering what
the question meant. And the girl continued in a voice choked by
tears. 'Listen, I am the girl who was lying on the road. Everybody was sure
that I was dead, and that is why they covered me with a sheet and waited for
the ambulance. I lay there and experienced what is called "clinical death."
As it were, my soul left my body, and I was able to see everything around
me, from above. I saw my smashed car, the people who ran around the scene,
and the long line of cars. I could even see my own body, covered with a
sheet, lying on the road. When you started to read the Tehillim, all the
letters flew around me, giving me a misty feeling and pulling me downwards.
At that moment, a Magen David ambulance arrived, and the medics decided to
try to revive me. They tried again and again, in an attempt to start my
breathing and to get my heart pumping again. All that time I felt the letters
of the Tehillim wrapped around me in a pleasant light, bringing my spirit
back to me. The fact that you read Tehillim saved my life, and I am calling
to say thank you!'
"There was nothing I could say. I was completely
speechless. Before this, I had no idea about the great power of prayer and
what could be achieved by reading Tehillim. And I still did not understand
how this anonymous woman knew who I was.
"It turns out that she had
not been religious at all. After this amazing event, she repented (no
surprise at all!), and she repeatedly tries to convince people to read
Tehillim. Of course, she recites Tehillim herself. After the accident, she
asked many of her friends if they had been at the scene and if they had seen
somebody reciting Tehillim. Somehow she found my name, and it was then easy
for her to get other details, including my phone number.
"Ever since
these events I cannot stop thinking about my amazing experience. One can
never know whom she is rescuing by reading Tehillim. Let us all recite
Tehillim regularly, at least five minutes every day. The Almighty is sitting
high above, waiting for us, His children, to ask for what we need. And He,
the merciful Father, is always ready to give it to us and to forgive us for
our sins."
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