Success

1. Anyone who gives his tithes properly does not lose anything (to the tithing. t.n.).

2. Join a successful person, and you will be successful.

3. Blessing abounds only on something that it is hidden from sight.

4. Success – assistance from Heaven brings it (it is).

5. Someone whose success has ceased and is not successful will not come to success quickly.

6. Immediately after Torah scholars there is blessing in the work of their hands (t.n. Rashi in tractate Brachos explains this to mean someone who befriends a Torah scholar or hosts him will immediately afterwards have blessing in the work of their hands. t.n. See also #16).

7. Engagement in Torah is a segulah for success.

8. Someone who does not leave over bread on his table never sees the sign of blessing.

9. Since he only mentioned the one good side and not the reverse, this is not considered divining (t.n. The Torah forbids one to make readings of occurrences to decide what the future holds and how to proceed, whether or not to do something or in which direction to go. However one is permitted to make for himself a one sided sign of success, that such and such an occurrence will be a sign of success).

10. A house, child, and wife are omens for success.

11. Someone who divorces his wife will not be successful.

12. Someone whom the hour is fortunate for him, his heart is exalted, also the fear of him is cast on everyone (lit. all creatures).

13. Someone who does not speak unnecessary words is successful in everything he does.

14. Someone who always speaks the truth, he is successful.

15. Through confession, you will be successful.

16. Success comes to one who feeds a Torah scholar on his table.

17. When you do not have truth, success is taken from you and given to the gentiles (lit. the nations).

18. For success, listen when the Tzaddik recites the unification of G-d's Name, that is Shimma Yisroel.

19. Through faith in the sages comes success.

1. One who is always happy, through this he is successful.

2. One must honor someone to whom the hour is fortunate.

3. A successful person, the time is in his hand.