I get really uncomfortable when people say segulos “aren’t real” or “aren’t Jewish”. They are very real, brought down by Chazal and other holy sources (such as Ari). That a lot of people use segulos the wrong way or miss the point entirely, or that many “segulos” are entirely made up is not a reflection on the power or meaning behind real segulos. At the end of the day, you need to be zoch to the yeshua, whatever it may be. There’s nothing magical about, say, the words of Parshas HaMon. The idea is that by saying it, you should come to understand that Hashem is the one who sustains us each day and gives us what we need, no more no less; by coming to that understanding, you may be zoche to more parnossah (or at least to finding a way to make do with what you’ve got). Same idea for say, Amuka or Kever Rochel. They are not magical places, but rather the sites of righteous people who had trouble marrying/having children. This should spur people to do tshuva, daven harder, and ask Hashem to remember them as He remembered our ancestors. Someone already mentioned the idea behind davening for someone else in need of the same thing, and that holds true as well. Segulos are not some sort of golden ticket to all the things we want; they are ways of helping us improve ourselves so that we might deserve those yeshuos more than we would otherwise.
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