{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "41",
  "title": "Marriage",
  "hebrewTitle": "חִתּוּן",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/41",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/41/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "(ספר שמות, פרק ט\"ו, פס' א'-י\"ט)",
      "en": "1. One who has difficulty finding his soulmate should say the Song at the Sea with concentration."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה – סְגֻלָּה שֶׁיִּמְצָא אָדָם אֶת זִוּוּגוֹ. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: \"לְבָנָה\" – בְּ'תוּלָה נִ'שֵּׂאת לַ'יּוֹם הָ'רְבִיעִי.",
      "en": "2. Kiddush Levanah (the Blessing over the New Moon) is a segulah (conducive) to finding one's soulmate. A sign for this: The Hebrew word for moon – LiVaNA is the acronym for: \"A virgin is married on Wednsday.\" (opening words of Tractate Kesuvos)"
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם בָּאִים טוֹבוֹת וּבְרָכוֹת לָאָדָם.",
      "en": "3. By making a marriage to a Torah scholar, benefits and blessings come to a person."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם נִצּוֹל מֵעֹנֶשׁ הַבָּא, עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁיָּעַץ עֵצוֹת רָעוֹת עַל חֲבֵרוֹ.",
      "en": "4. By making a marriage to a Torah scholar, one is saved from the punishment that comes through giving advice to do evil against a friend."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִתְמַנִּים דַּיָּנִים כְּשֵׁרִים.",
      "en": "5. Through making a marriage to a Torah scholar, through this worthy judges are appointed."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לוֹ לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ, יַרְגִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ לִקְרוֹת בְּקָרְבְּנוֹת הַנְּשִׂיאִים. (בספר במדבר, פרק ז)",
      "en": "6. One who has difficulty in finding his soulmate should accustom himself to reciting the passages about the sacrifices of the Princes of the Twelve Tribes."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "הַשִּׁדּוּךְ שֶׁדּוֹבְרִים אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִגְמָר הַשִּׁדּוּךְ בְּעַצְמוֹ, גַּם זֶה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְהַשִּׁדּוּךְ לְחוּד עוֹשֶׂה רֹשֶׁם בּוֹ וּבָהּ.",
      "en": "7. A proposed match which is spoken about, even though the actual match is not completed, this is also from Providence, and the proposal itself has an impact on him and her."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "הַכִּסּוּי שֶׁמְּכַסִּין פְּנֵי הַכַּלָּה קֹדֶם הַחֻפָּה יֵשׁ לָהּ כֹּחַ הַהוֹלָדָה.",
      "en": "8. The shroud which is used to cover the face of the bride before the marriage rites, has the power of fertility."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִלָּה יָכוֹל לְשַׁנּוֹת זִוּוּגוֹ הַנִּכְרָז בַּשָּׁמַיִם.",
      "en": "9. Through prayer, one can change his soulmate that was announced in Heaven."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִלָּלוּן וְגַם לָדוּר שְׁנֵי זוּגוֹת בְּבַיִת אֶחָד, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכֶה לְחַתְנוּתָא כֹּהֲנִים וּבְנֵי־אָדָם חֲשׁוּבִים גְּדוֹלִים.",
      "en": "10. One who is careful not to spend the night or to house two couples in one house, through this he merits to have son-in-laws who are Cohanim (priests) and/or very important."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאָדָם נוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה אַחַר מִיתַת אִשָּׁה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, אִשְׁתּוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מִצְטַעֶרֶת בַּקֶּבֶר.",
      "en": "11. When a man marries a woman after the death of his first wife, his first wife is anguished in the grave."
    }
  ]
}