# Marriage

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/41


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(ספר שמות, פרק ט"ו, פס' א'-י"ט)

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1. One who has difficulty finding his soulmate should say the Song at the Sea with concentration.


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קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה – סְגֻלָּה שֶׁיִּמְצָא אָדָם אֶת זִוּוּגוֹ. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: "לְבָנָה" – בְּ'תוּלָה נִ'שֵּׂאת לַ'יּוֹם הָ'רְבִיעִי.

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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)


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עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם בָּאִים טוֹבוֹת וּבְרָכוֹת לָאָדָם.

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3. By making a marriage to a Torah scholar, benefits and blessings come to a person.


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עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם נִצּוֹל מֵעֹנֶשׁ הַבָּא, עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁיָּעַץ עֵצוֹת רָעוֹת עַל חֲבֵרוֹ.

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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.


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עַל־יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִתְמַנִּים דַּיָּנִים כְּשֵׁרִים.

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5. Through making a marriage to a Torah scholar, through this worthy judges are appointed.


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מִי שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לוֹ לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ, יַרְגִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ לִקְרוֹת בְּקָרְבְּנוֹת הַנְּשִׂיאִים. (בספר במדבר, פרק ז)

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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.


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הַשִּׁדּוּךְ שֶׁדּוֹבְרִים אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִגְמָר הַשִּׁדּוּךְ בְּעַצְמוֹ, גַּם זֶה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְהַשִּׁדּוּךְ לְחוּד עוֹשֶׂה רֹשֶׁם בּוֹ וּבָהּ.

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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.


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הַכִּסּוּי שֶׁמְּכַסִּין פְּנֵי הַכַּלָּה קֹדֶם הַחֻפָּה יֵשׁ לָהּ כֹּחַ הַהוֹלָדָה.

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8. The shroud which is used to cover the face of the bride before the marriage rites, has the power of fertility.


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עַל־יְדֵי הַתְּפִלָּה יָכוֹל לְשַׁנּוֹת זִוּוּגוֹ הַנִּכְרָז בַּשָּׁמַיִם.

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9. Through prayer, one can change his soulmate that was announced in Heaven.


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מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִלָּלוּן וְגַם לָדוּר שְׁנֵי זוּגוֹת בְּבַיִת אֶחָד, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכֶה לְחַתְנוּתָא כֹּהֲנִים וּבְנֵי־אָדָם חֲשׁוּבִים גְּדוֹלִים.

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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.


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כְּשֶׁאָדָם נוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה אַחַר מִיתַת אִשָּׁה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, אִשְׁתּוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מִצְטַעֶרֶת בַּקֶּבֶר.

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11. When a man marries a woman after the death of his first wife, his first wife is anguished in the grave.