Renowned marbitz Torah R. Eli Stefansky שליט"א has announced that throughout the world people will stop saying Tehillim בציבור after davening tomorrow, with the official end of the Gaza war (hopefully).
While some might quibble with the statement (note: no one is saying to stop davening in general, and those so inclined can add Tehillim on their own), I say kudos to R. Stefansky for raising this important issue.
To keep piling more and more upon people, with no end, when there are already great problems with concentrating on just regular davening and learning, to increase (ח"ו) the terrible problem of מצות אנשים מלומדה, rote, mechanical davening, learning, עבודת ה', מצות, is a real travesty. We have a concept of יצא שכרו בהפסדו.
הלואי people will have proper כוונה with just the basics, the old, fundamental recitations, and learning. We need עבודה שבלב, service of the heart, what tefillah is supposed to be, not עבודה בשפה, more lip service ר"ל.
Quality > Quantity.
איכות > כמות
As the Shulchan Aruch says טוב מעט בכוונה מהרבות בלי כוונה, and, as Rav Yitzchok Hutner, RY MYRCB added, טוב מעט שלא בכוונה מהרבות בלי כוונה.
כשם שמקבלים שכר על הדרישה כך מקבלים שכר על הפרישה
א גוטען מועד, א גוטען יום טוב, און א גוט יאהר
