Perek Shira | Imamother

flowerpower

Sun, Dec 30 2007, 10:24 am

I said it for 40 days and saw a yeshua, its a very nice thing, I say the yom daily and shabbos the whole thing. dh also said its something u should say by day-tha animals sing by day....

amother

Sun, Dec 30 2007, 10:26 am

So it's not good to say it at night then? RivkaA did you switch to saying it during the day and count 40 day days?

Also what does it mean when the animals say it, what time is that?

ClaRivka

Mon, Dec 31 2007, 2:52 pm

It's a beautiful thing, say it only during the day. and yes, I started again when my husband told me to say it during the day.

lotte

Mon, Dec 31 2007, 3:07 pm

Rabbi Kaniyevsky said in a recent interview that he never saw in the gemara that perek shira & such things are sugulas for anything.
He said when you daven hashem listens!
He believes in regular tefillos!

PinkandYellow

Mon, Dec 31 2007, 3:25 pm

One thing that is a real segual for parnassa is to say perek hamon. the source is in the mishna berura, iirc.

Debbie

Sun, Mar 02 2008, 4:43 pm

amother wrote:

Have any of you said it for 40 days and had a yeshua?

I said it for 40 days and it really helped me to deal with certain issues such as my kids fighting and me realising that I don't have to always say yes to people who want things from me.
I also decided that even though I have completed my 40 days I still want to say it a couple of times a week and I feel the benefit of it.

mom7270

Sun, Mar 02 2008, 5:20 pm

my husband said this for forty days and was bh zocheh to receive what he asked for... and yes it should be said by day... also, after shira my husband says nishmas I dont know if its supposed to go together or what...

flowerpower

Sun, Mar 02 2008, 5:28 pm

we had an issue here and I said it for forty days and on the thirty ninth day we got a positive answer.

its a very nice thing to say. I have been reading about it and have the artscroll small one taht says such amazing things about hte animals singing shira to hashem....

amother

Tue, May 06 2008, 7:02 am

we really needed a yeshua for parnassa, after reading this post, I started saying it for 40 days consecutively. it was very difficult but did it.
I have an online store and it has been out there for months, I got my first sale a few days after the 40th day.
my husband's company got an investment which means that his company wont close. it was in danger of closing.
and this week, I have two job interviews.

I am still saying it because its a beautiful thing to say.

tefillot are never lost but somehow I can identify with a donkey.

ChossidMom

Tue, May 06 2008, 8:06 am

amother wrote:

Wow, amother. Thanks for that. I also want to start saying it for parnossa.

I'm not sure I understood what you said about identifying with a donkey though.

pinkbubbles

Tue, May 06 2008, 12:50 pm

My friend got engaged on her 40th day of saying it.

I got engaged when I said it (not sure what day, but a while through)

I started again recently and am now expecting. I have to say it again.

I have a question actually, do you break it into days or say the whole thing every day?

amother

Tue, May 06 2008, 1:57 pm

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I'm not sure I understood what you said about identifying with a donkey though.

I like what the donkey says.

it takes about 15 minutes and I've been reading the whole thing through. its a bit tough because of time constraints, but I make it a priority.

good luck!! and enjoy it.

Debbie

Wed, May 07 2008, 2:48 pm

amother wrote:

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I'm not sure I understood what you said about identifying with a donkey though.

What the donkey say's is beautiful but I must admit that the dove is my special favourite.

amother

Mon, May 12 2008, 6:12 am

I have been saying Perek Shirah but I do have some questions, I would love some feedback:

1. why 84 animals? why not more or less?
2. who wrote Perek Shirah?
3. why these specific animals, why these specific animals with their specific song?
4. why isnt the spider included- or other animals?

Thank you!!!

Debbie

Mon, May 12 2008, 5:56 pm

amother wrote:

The spider is included;it's in perek revi.

Ribbie Danzinger

Mon, May 12 2008, 6:25 pm

Perek Shirah is attributed to King David.
The spider is not included in either of the versions that I have available. (The nearest is the scorpion.)
There are only 52 animals and birds etc mentioned, the other 32 are plants or other natural (or spiritual) phenomena.
I presume that the animals that do appear are representative of all creatures.