{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "37",
  "title": "Grace",
  "hebrewTitle": "חֵן",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/37",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/37/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי צְדָקָה זוֹכֶה לְחֵן.",
      "en": "1. Through charity one merits to grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי שִׁפְלוּת זוֹכֶה לְחֵן.",
      "en": "2. Through humility one merits to grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "לְחֵן יַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים.",
      "en": "3. To find grace, one should be a host to guests."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "גַּם יִשְׁמֹר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִמַּאַכְלֵי אִסּוּר, וְיִשְׁמֹר אֶת פִּיו מִדִּבּוּר אָסוּר.",
      "en": "4. Also, one should guard oneself from forbidden foods, and guard one's mouth from forbidden speech."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁמְּפַזֵּר מְעוֹתָיו בִּשְׁבִיל לִקְנוֹת לְעַצְמוֹ רַב לִלְמֹד מִמֶּנּוּ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יִמְצָא חֵן.",
      "en": "5. One who expends money to acquire a rabbi from whom to learn, through this he will find grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁתַּעֲבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתֶיךָ, תִּמְצָא חֵן.",
      "en": "6. When you defer, you will find grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹכָחָה תִּשָּׂא חֵן.",
      "en": "7. Through [giving] rebuke, you will find grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "שֶׁמֶן־זַיִת מְסֻגָּל לְחֵן.",
      "en": "8. Olive oil is a segulah (auspicious) for grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְחֵן תִּכְתֹּב עַל קְלַף; כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַלּוּף.",
      "en": "9. A segulah for finding grace is to write on parchment, \"Silver and gold kindness and truth champion.\""
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַיִּרְאָה מִתַּלְמִיד־חָכָם תִּזְכֶּה לְחֵן.",
      "en": "10. By the awe [you have] for a Torah scholar, you merit to grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "דִּבּוּרִים הַיּוֹצְאִים בְּנִיחוּתָא נִתְקַבְּלִים אֵצֶל בְּנֵי־אָדָם.",
      "en": "11. Words that are spoken (lit. come out) calmly are accepted by people."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "יֵשׁ דָּגִים שֶׁהֵם מְסֻגָּלִים לְחֵן.",
      "en": "12. There are fish which are conducive to grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "עֵסֶק הַתּוֹרָה בַּדֶּרֶךְ נוֹתֶנֶת חֵן.",
      "en": "13. Learning Torah while traveling gives one grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאָדָם בָּא לְעִיר לָדוּר, יִשְׁלַח בָּשָׂר לַעֲנִיֵּי הָעִיר, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה יִשָּׂא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי שָׁרֵי הָעִיר.",
      "en": "1. When a man comes to a city to live, he should send meat to the poor of the city, and through this he will find grace in the eyes of the city's officials."
    }
  ]
}