Since
people today are searching day and night for Segulot, inventing new ones and
paying a fortune for them, we decided to collect all of the proven Segulot which
we have heard from our Rabbis:
Segulah
for Shalom Bayit
A
husband should help his wife or, more precisely, the two of them should take
care of the family's needs together since theirs is a shared life.
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).
Segulah
for the Education of One's Children
A
good education, since for education, one has to work and invest.
Ha-Rav
Chaim Kanievski related that someone once came to Ha-Griz Soloveitchik – the
Brisker Rav – and asked for a blessing that his son should be a Torah scholar
and G-d-fearing. The Rav said that he will be a Torah scholar based
on how much you learn with him, and he will be G-d-fearing based on how many
tears his mother sheds during Davening for him (Minchat Todah p. 89).
Segulah
for Learning Torah
Learn
consistently and without interruption.
Ha-Rav
Herschel Schachter relates that after he was married, he and his wife did not
have children, and they therefore decided to visit Eretz Yisrael. He
was told that it is worthwhile to receive a blessing from the Steipler
Gaon. The way it worked was that one bought a book from him and at
the same time asked for a blessing. The Steipler was hard of
hearing, and one would therefore communicate with him by writing on a
notepad. The Steipler yelled in Yiddish: What can I do for
you? Rav Schachter wrote that he wants to buy Kehilat Yaakov on Kiddushin,
the Massechet they were then learning in Yeshiva. He bought it,
received the change and said that the Steipler could keep the change as a donation. The
Steipler said that he did not need the money, business is
business. Then Rav Schachter asked for a blessing for children, and
he blessed him. The Steipler asked: What else can I do for
you? Rav Schachter said that he was learning in Kolel, and is it
possible to receive a blessing for success in learning? The Steipler
said: All the blessings in the world will not help. Rather sit and learn and
you will succeed.
Segulah for Debts
If
someone has debts, he should spend less than he
earns and not rely on the miracle of overcoming the rules of mathematics.
The Tur wrote that one should limit his expenses. And the
Mishnah Berurah wrote that this is a harsh criticism against those who are
enticed to spend money on luxuries without seeing the consequences, which in
the end will lead to theft and disgrace (Biur Halachah chap. 529). One should
plan well.
Segulah
for a Long Life
“Who
is the man that desires life and loves days of seeing good? Let him
guard his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking
evil.” Tehillim 34:13- 14.
Segulah
against Traffic Accidents
Driving
carefully and performing kindnesses to those who need a ride.
And
the Belzer Rebbe – Ha-Rav Aharon Rokeach – also gave the Segulah that if one
follows the traffic laws with the strictures of the 10 Commandments, and also
gives rides to those who need them, in the merit of these kindnesses which he
does on the road, he will be saved from any bad occurrence (Shut Shevet
Ha-Kehati 5:241).
All
of these pieces of advice can be found in Ha-Rav Chaim Kanievsky's answer to
the question: How do we know which Segulot are true? - "I only know that
which is written in the Shulchan Aruch" (Segulot Raboteinu p. 321). And the Belzer
Rebbe said that there is no greater Segulah than "Yirat Hashem" (Fear
of Hashem), as it says (Devarim 28:58): "If you do not observe all of the
words of the law, which are written in this book, to fear this Glorious and
Awesome Name of Hashem, your G-d" (Shut Az Nedbaru 1:79 #179. Beit Baruch
1, 405. Brought in Shalmei Yehudah chap. 10 note #41).
