חתון
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits
חֵלֶק שֵׁנִי
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א. מִי שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לוֹ לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ יֹאמַר בְּכַוָּנָה שִׁירַת הַיָּם.
One who has difficulty finding his soulmate should say the Song at the Sea with concentration.
ב. קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה - סְגֻלָּה שֶׁיִּמְצָא אָדָם אֶת זִוּוּגוֹ. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: "לְבָנָה" - בְּ'תוּלָה נִ'שֵּׂאת לַ'יּוֹם הָ'רְבִיעִי. ג. עַל-יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד-חָכָם בָּאִים טוֹבוֹת וּבְרָכוֹת לָאָדָם.
One who has difficulty finding his soulmate should say the Song at the Sea with concentration. 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)
ד. עַל-יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד-חָכָם נִצּוֹל מֵעֹנֶשׁ הַבָּא, עַל-יְדֵי שֶׁיָּעַץ עֵצוֹת רָעוֹת עַל חֲבֵרוֹ.
By making a marriage to a Torah scholar, benefits and blessings come to a person.
ה. עַל-יְדֵי חִתּוּן עִם תַּלְמִיד-חָכָם עַל-יְדֵי-זֶה נִתְמַנִּים דַּיָּנִים כְּשֶׁרִים.
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.
ו. מִי שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לוֹ לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ, יַרְגִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ לִקְרוֹת בְּקָרְבְּנוֹת הַנְּשִׂיאִים.
Through making a marriage to a Torah scholar, through this worthy judges are appointed.
ז. הַשִּׁדּוּךְ שֶׁדּוֹבְרִים אַף-עַל-פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִגְמָר הַשִּׁדּוּךְ בְּעַצְמוֹ, גַּם זֶה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְהַשִּׁדּוּךְ לְחוּד עוֹשֶׂה רשֶׁם בּוֹ וּבָהּ.
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.
ח. הַכִּסּוּי שֶׁמְּכַסִּין פְּנֵי הַכַּלָּה קֹדֶם הַחֻפָּה יֵשׁ לָהּ כֹּחַ הַהוֹלָדָה. י. מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִלָּלוּן וְגַם לָדוּר שְׁנֵי זוּגוֹת בְּבַיִת אֶחָד, עַל-יְדֵי-זֶה זוֹכֶה לְחַתְנוּתָא כֹּהֲנִים וּבְנֵי-אָדָם חֲשׁוּבִים גְּדוֹלִים.
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. Through prayer, one can change his soulmate that was announced in Heaven.
ט. עַל-יְדֵי הַתְּפִלָּה יָכוֹל לְשַׁנּוֹת זִוּוּגוֹ הַנִּכְרָז בַּשָּׁמַיִם. יא. כְּשֶׁאָדָם נוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה אַחַר מִיתַת אִשָּׁה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, אִשְׁתּוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מִצְטַעֶרֶת בַּקֶּבֶר.
The shroud which is used to cover the face of the bride before the marriage rites, has the power of fertility. 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. When a man marries a woman after the death of his first wife, his first wife is anguished in the grave.
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