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1. BTGuy
   Member

   A very credible organization which sends out daily halacha is now covering halachos involved with lighting Shabbos candles.

   I want to share that mentioned in today's halacha, it states for women who experience difficult labor when giving birth and for women who have not yet had children, they should recite the Haftarah of the first day of Rosh Hashana (which details the story of Chana's childlessness and ultimate giving birth to Shmuel HaNavi) each Friday evening after lighting Shabbos candles. It is stated to work best when the woman understands what she is saying with meaning, and not simply reading the words.

   Hatzlacha to anyone who many want to employ this segula!

   Posted 4 months ago #

2. BTGuy
   Member

   (((((feedback))))) Is this on?

   Posted 4 months ago #

3. BaalHabooze
   On the rocks

   I have heard of the powerful segula to be oleh for this Haftora on Rosh Hashana, being an incredibly auspicious time when Hashem hears the tefillos of childless couples. I have also heard of davening when lighting Shabbos candles. But I have never heard of the segula of reciting the Rosh Hashana Haftora when lighting Shabbos candles. Interesting. Can you provide us with a source please. Thanks BTGuy for sharing.

   Posted 4 months ago #

4. cleverjewishpun
   Blocked

   Most people with a decent sized IQ dont really care for magic tricks.

   Posted 4 months ago #

5. um
   eh

   Yes i have heard of this... there are the newer "hadlokas naros techinos" that have it in them!

   Posted 4 months ago #

6. yungerman1
   Member

   There are soooo many so called segulos out there it has hard to differentiate between the legitimate ones and the fraudulent ones.

   An unnamed email quoting a segula without a source doesnt prompt much serious thought.

   Posted 4 months ago #

7. BTGuy
   Member

   Hi BallHabooze and yungerman1.

   I was not sure if I could post where I got it from, but it comes from a site accepted and advertised in a lot of the Lakewood shops. Personally, I think it is an easy and highly valuable learning tool that only takes a minute or so to read.

   http://www.halachafortoday.com

   It is the lesson for today, January 11th.

   The recommendation seems to be supported by Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

   Posted 4 months ago #

8. yungerman1
   Member

   BTGuy- Thank you.

   I looked up that website and the source is Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 75:2.

   Posted 4 months ago #

9. BaalHabooze
   On the rocks

   Thank you, BTGuy.

   Posted 4 months ago #

10. MDG
    Member

    If there is a difficult labor/birth. Say Yizkor. You can see that when they says Yizkot in shul the kids always run out :)

    Posted 4 months ago #

11. aidel_maidel
    Member

    dear cleverjewishpun

    seems your IQ isnt big enough cuz its in the kitzur- last time i checked its not a book of magic.

    Posted 4 months ago #

12. blinky
    Blinquie

    Can I say it for someone? Or does the person have to say it? Because i know someone in this situation and i would feel more comfortable saying it for her privately instead of telling her about it.

    Posted 4 months ago #

13. BTGuy
    Member

    Hi yungerman1 and BaalHabooze.

    You are welcome. Also, thank you for looking up those specifics yungerman1.

    I can understand clever's reaction since I know there have been threads on segulas before and some of them seem to go way out and may have roots in something far less substantial than the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

    I figured it is such an important issue for so many people, that once I read it, and saw it's source, I could not just keep it to myself, and this seemed like a good place to share it.

    Like I said..it "seemed" like a good place to share it. lol Just kidding!

    Hi blinkly,

    I dont know if it can be said on behalf of someone else. I would ask since there are other things we certainly can daven for on other's behalf, even formally like in the Shemona Esrei. But if it's strength lies in the fact the individual needs to read it with kavana, then maybe there is a way they can become made aware of this.

    Hatzlacha times a million to anyone who uses this segula!

    Posted 4 months ago #

14. anonymrs
    Member

    is it something that should be said only in the 9th month, or should it be said throughout pregnancy?

    Posted 4 months ago #

15. BTGuy
    Member

    hi anonymrs.

    I cannot answer your question, but want to comment on what a clever name you made for posting.

    : )

    Posted 4 months ago #

16. yungerman1
    Member

    anonymrs- The KSH says pretty much verbatim what BTGuy posted above. The segula is for childless women as well. He does not say when in the pregnancy it can be said.

    Posted 4 months ago #

17. KeenObserver
    Member

    One excellent segula which I've heard is to make sure to live in the 20th or 21st century.

    Posted 4 months ago #

18. WIY
    Member

    KeenObserver
    Another koifer?

    Posted 4 months ago #

19. KeenObserver
    Member

    Are you saying it's a bad segula? Who's the koifer now?

    Posted 4 months ago #

20. Avi K
    Member

    Rav Aviner said that the segulot for parnassa work for those who sell them. The segula for childbirth can be found at Machon Puah (which has an English-speaker division).

    Posted 4 months ago #

21. WIY
    Member

    KeenObserver
    It seemed from your comment that you were mocking the kitzur shulchon aruch hence my sharp comment. If I am wrong I take back my comment but would like to know what you did mean.

    Posted 4 months ago #

22. sam4321
    Member

    There is a gemara in shabbas (66) which brings down a segula.

    Posted 4 months ago #

23. Nechomah
    Member

    My husband would ask for pesicha during my 9th month. A ruby is also supposed to be a segula to be worn from that point on.

    Posted 4 months ago #

24. Avi K
    Member

    Sam, to be more exact it is in Shabbat 66b. Rabbi Scroll (his friends call him Art) says in the name of the Rashba (Teshuvot 1:413) that a certain action had to be performed on the stone. However, he does not say what that action was. In could be that there was some science known to them that is not known to us. It could also be that it had a placebo effect.

    Posted 4 months ago #

25. HaLeiVi
    HaLeiVi is Supposedly not Joseph

    So for us it won't work, since we don't know what special action was done, hence ruining the plecebo effect. Hmm.

    Posted 4 months ago #

26. BTGuy
    Member

    lol @ Avi K ...:"the segula for parnassa works for those who sell them..."

    Just a footnote, Avi, and this is not directed to you, but I know there is a lot of rolling of the eyes when it comes to segulas, but I am thinking this one is a cut above the others, if not more so, due to it's source.

    Posted 4 months ago #

27. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    I am usually very skeptical of using segulos, but I kind of like this one. See http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/my-segula-didnt-work

    See, the point of this segula is to read the parsha of chana, who davened for children and was granted children. Presumably, the point is that then you will also be motivated to daven for children.

    I like.

    Posted 4 months ago #

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