True Segulot
Q: How do we know which
Segulot are true?
A: Ha-Rav Chaim Kanievski
once answered: "I only know that which is written in the Shulchan
Aruch". Segulot Raboteinu p.
321. And see Ner Be-Ishon Laila p. 230).
Dove Relieving Himself
Q: What is the source that if
a dove relieves himself on someone it is a sign that he will become wealthy?
A: There is none.
Throwing Out Pictures
Q: I heard that it is
forbidden to throw away pictures. What
then should I do with pictures I don't want to keep?
A: There is absolutely no
prohibition against throwing them in the garbage (Most Gedolei Yisrael are not
opposed to being photographed, but even those who are did not say that it is
prohibited to throw away a picture. On
the contrary, Ha-Rav Moshe Greenwald, author of Shut Arugat Ha-Bosem, was
extremely particular not to be photographed, and would burn pictures with human
images. But he hid away a picture of his
mother since it would not be honoring his mother to burn her picture. Beit Yisrael Volume 8 p. 169. Tiferet Banim on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch p.
346).
Mezuzot and Shalom Bayit
Q: There are those who are
selling very expensive Mezuzot which were not touched by a knife, claiming that
they are a Segulah for Shalom Bayit. Is
this true?
A: There is no source and it
is exploitation. If a couple is having
marital problems, they should turn to a marriage counselor (Ha-Rav Chaim
Kanievski and Ha-Rav Meir Mazuz also said that they do not know of such a
Segulah. Segulot Raboteinu p. 325).
