Hayom Yom 24 Shvat - 1) Divinity is vitality 2) Tehillim breaks barriers

בְּשַׁעַת קְרִיאַת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת עוֹמְדִים וּפְנֵיהֶם אֶל הַסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָהDuring the reading of the Ten Commandments [in the synagogue on the Shabbos of Parshas Yisro], it is our custom to stand and face the Torah scroll.הפטורה: בִּשְׁנַת... מַצַּבְתָּהּThe haftarah [for Parshas Yisro] begins BiShnas... and ends ...matzavtah (Yeshayahu 6:1-13).מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר רִאשׁוֹן. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת[On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.וַיַּרְא הָעָם וַיָּנוּעוּIt is written, “The people saw and they stirred.”אַז זֵיי האָבּעֶן דעֶרזעֶהן גֶ-טלִיכְקַייט אִיז שׁוֹין וַיָּנוּעוּAs soon as they beheld Divinity, they were stirred;עֶס אִיז געֶוואָרעֶן אַ תְּנוּעַת חַיִּיםthey showed signs of vitality.אִלּוּ יְדַעְתֶּם — אָמַר אַדְמוּ"ר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקThe Tzemach Tzedek once said, “If you only knewכֹּחָם שֶׁל פְּסוּקֵי תְּהִלִּים וּפְעוּלָתָם בִּשְׁמֵי רוֹםthe power that lies in the verses of Tehillim and their effect in the celestial heights,הֱיִיתֶם אוֹמְרִים אוֹתָם בְּכָל עֵתyou would recite them all the time.תֵּדְעוּ שֶׁמִּזְמוֹרֵי תְּהִלִּים שׁוֹבְרִים כָּל הַמְּחִיצוֹתKnow that the chapters of Tehillim break through all barriersוְעוֹלִים בְּעִלּוּי אַחַר עִלּוּי בְּלִי שׁוּם הַפְרָעָהand soar aloft from level to level, unimpeded.וּמִשְׁתַּטְּחִים לִפְנֵי אֲדוֹן עוֹלָמִיםThey intercede before the Master of the Universeוּפוֹעֲלִים פְּעוּלָתָם בְּחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִיםand secure their effect with kindness and mercy.”Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English