{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "73",
  "title": "Segulah",
  "hebrewTitle": "סְגֻלָּה",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/73",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/73/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "נוֹצָה שֶׁל עוֹפוֹת הַבַּר הֵם סְגֻלָּה לְחֳלָאֵי הָרֵאָה, וּמְסֻגָּל לְחַזֵּק אֶת הָרוּחַ־חַיִּים.",
      "en": "1. Feathers from wild birds are a segulah for healing sicknesses of the lungs, and are conducive to strengthening the breath of life."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "הַשָּׁמַיִם – יֵשׁ בָּהֶם שִׁנּוּי מַרְאוֹת לְפִי מַרְאוֹת עֲשָׂבִים הַנִּגְדָּלִים עַל־יְדֵיהֶם, וְהֵם מְסֻגָּלִים לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בָּהֶן.",
      "en": "2. The heavens have changes in their appearance according to the appearance of the grasses that grow by them, and it is effective to gaze on them."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "מֵי גְּשָׁמִים מְסֻגָּלִין לְמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ גְּבוּרַת אֲנָשִׁים.",
      "en": "3. Rainwater is a segulah for an impotent male."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים סְגֻלָּה לְהוֹרִיד גְּשָׁמִים \"תְּהִלִּם\" – לִ'מְטַר הַ'שָּׁמַיִם תִּ'שְׁתֶּה מָ'יִם.",
      "en": "4. Recital of Tehillim (Psalms) is a segulah for rainfall. [The letters of the word] Tehillim [are the acronym for the Biblical phrase] - \"According to the Rains of the Heavens, You will drink Water.\""
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְהַחֲזִיר לְאִשָּׁה וֶסְתָּהּ עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים.",
      "en": "5. A segulah for renewing a woman's monthly cycle is to host guests."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁשַּׂעֲרוֹתָיו מְרֻבִּים שֶׁלֹּא עַל־פִּי הַטֶּבַע, זֶה עָלוּל לִנְזָקִים הַרְבֵּה וְלִפְגָעִים רָעִים מֵהַסִּטְרָא־אַחֲרָא, סְגֻלָּתוֹ שֶׁיִּקְרָא הַפָּרָשָׁה שֶׁקּוֹרִין בְּיוֹם־כִּפּוּרִים.",
      "en": "6. Someone whose hair is unnaturally abundant, is liable to much damage and bad calamities from the Other Side. A segulah against this is reciting the section (of the Torah reading) that is read on Yom Kippur."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁנִּתְאַלֵּם בְּפֶתַע פִּתְאוֹם, יַעֲבִירוּ עַל פִּיו חַלָף כָּשֵׁר.",
      "en": "7. Someone who becomes mute suddenly and unexpectedly, should pass a kosher butcher's knife over his mouth."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְמַקְשָׁה לֵילֵד, תִּתְלֶה לָהּ עַל צַוָּארָהּ מַפְתֵּחַ שֶׁל הַבֵּית־עָלְמִין. גַּם הַמַּפְתֵּחַ הַזֶּה מְסֻגָּל לַעֲקָרָה.",
      "en": "8. A segulah for a woman having difficulty giving birth is to hang the key to the cemetery upon her neck. Also, this key is a segulah for a barren woman."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְחֳלִי הַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁיִּבְכֶּה עַל חֻרְבַּן בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.",
      "en": "9. It is a segulah for one suffering illness in the neck, to weep over the destruction of the Temple."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה כְּשֶׁנִּכְנָס לְבַיִת חָדָשׁ לָגוּר, יַכְנִיס לְשָׁם חֶרֶב אוֹ סַכִּין אוֹ שְׁאָר כְּלֵי־זַיִן. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: בְּחָכְמָה יִבָּנֶה בָּיִת – כְּ'לֵי חָ'מָס מְ'כֵרוֹתֵיהֶם; חַרְבוֹתֵיהֶם מְגוּרוֹתֵיהֶם.",
      "en": "10. Upon entering a new house in which to live, it is a segulah to bring in a sword, knife or other weapon. An indication for this (from Scripture): \"Through wisdom a house is built\" (Proverbs 24:3), the letters of \"wisdom\" (ChuChMah) stand for \"Weapons (Clee) of Violence (Chummus) they practice where they Reside (Michairoasayhem) (Bereshit 49:5)\". Their swords, their residence (the Hebrew word in the verse which was translated as “their residence” can be alternately translated: \"their swords\" (in which case the “weapons of violence” would be translated as, stolen weapons, see Rashi there)). [t.n. Thus a connection between weapons and the maintaining of residence can be established]."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "תַּפּוּחִים מְסֻגָּלִים לְמַקְשָׁה לֵילֵד.",
      "en": "11. Apples are a segulah for one who has difficulties in childbirth."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְחוֹלֶה – לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הַצִּיצִית. (וְהַסּוֹד בַּפָּסוּק: \"הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ\", כִּי כָּל אֵלּוּ הַתֵּבוֹת מְרַמְּזִין עַל הַצִּיצִית, הַיְנוּ מִנְיַן הַחוּטִין וְהַחֻלְיוֹת וְהַקְּשָׁרִים כְּמוֹ שֶּׁמְּבֹאָר בִּפְרִי־עֵץ־חַיִּים, עַיֵּין שָׁם, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה: \"וַיִתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל\"). וְעַיֵּן בְּלִקּוּטֵי מוֹהֲרַ\"ן חֵלֶק א' סִימָן ז.",
      "en": "12. It is beneficial (a segula) for a sick person to look upon the tzitzis (fringes). [This secret is (found) in the verse (Beraishis 48:2), “behold, your son Yosef has come to see you.” For all these words allude to the tzitzis; i.e. to the number of the strings, and the chulyos (stitches), and the knots, as is explained in Pri Eitz Chaim (Fruit of the Tree of Life – a Kabalistic work of the Arizal) see there, and through this (the end of the verse), “and Israel strengthened himself”}. See also LM I:7."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְחוֹלֶה נוֹפֵל – שֶׁיְּפַזֵּר צְדָקָה. פִּ'זַּר נָ'תַן לָ'אֶבְיוֹנִים (לִקּוּטֵי מוֹהֲרַ\"ן כט).",
      "en": "13. It is beneficial for an epileptic, to distribute money to charity."
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְמַקְשָׁה לֵילֵד, שֶׁתִּרְחַץ בְּיַיִן מִלְּפָנֶיהָ וּמֵאֲחוֹרֶיהָ; נִכְנָס יַיִן יָצָא סוֹד.",
      "en": "14. It is beneficial (a segula) for a woman having difficulty giving birth, for her to wash with wine, her front and her back; 'when wine enters, secrets come out.' (Eruvin 65a)"
    }
  ]
}