Once someone came before R. Baruch and bragged that he recites the entire Psalms every day.

R. Baruch replied: “Given what I know about you, you only need to recite half [the book of] Psalms, [to reach] the verse: ‘they deceived Him with their speech, lied to Him with their words,’ [Ps. 78:36].”¹

[The verse appears midway through the Book of Psalms]. 

I.F.

Mezhibozher Rebbe

1. R. Baruch believed that this person was a liar and charlatan. Hence, in response to this individual’s self-aggrandizing claim, R. Baruch outwitted this individual and stated that he only needs to recite half the book of Psalms in order to reveal his true colors.