Talit
– Segulah for a Match
Q:
Is it true that if a single woman buys a Talit (for her future 'intended') it
is a Segulah for finding a match?
A:
This has absolutely no source (And so too Ha-Rav Ben Tzion Mutzafi in Shut
Doresh Tzion: It is not a Segulah or even a hint of a Segulah).
Sleeping
without Socks
Q:
I heard that it is forbidden to sleep wears socks. But I am cold!
A:
There is no such law. On the contrary,
it is more modest (The Mishnah Berurah 2:1 writes that one should wear socks
even under the blanket. But he is
discussing countries where people wear socks.
In the State of Israel, many go without socks, even well-respected
people. A person many therefore sleep
without socks. It all depends on
location and time. The Beit Yosef, Orach
Chaim #91, writes that one is obligated to pray barefoot, since in Arab
countries one enters to visit the king barefoot, as a sign of
subservience. And see Mishnah Berurah
ibid. #13. And the Aruch Ha-Shulchan
ibid. #1 writes that we are not particular regarding covering feet).
Segulah
for Shalom Bayit
Q:
Is there a good Segulah for Shalom Bayit?
A:
Help your wife wash dishes (Satmar Chasidim end Shabbat very late due to a long
Seudat Shelishit and the Rebbe's talk. Once, on a Saturday night, the Satmar
Rebbe saw that one of his Chasidim was the last one in the Beit Midrash and was
folding his Talit with great precision. The Rebbe asked him what he was doing.
The Chasid said that he saw in various books that care in folding one's Talit
is a Segulah for Shalom Bayit. The Rebbe responded: A better Segulah is to go
home and help your wife wash dishes. And
others say this incident in the name of Ha-Rav Chaim Shmulevitz, Rosh Yeshivat
Mir. The book "U-Piryo Matok -
Bereshit" of Ha-Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein, p. 140).
