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The Be'er Moshe 8:36 discusses this issue and says it is something that they used be makpid on not to step over a child and if they went over him they would ask the person to step over him the other way so he can grow to his full height.
The Be'er Moshe continues that this custom is considered among the custom of old women which the Rashba (Shu"t 1:69) ...
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http://chareidi.org/archives5761/korach/KRfeatures.htm
While our rabbis tell us that davening at kivrei tzaddikim is a
segulah for all types of help, the tradition of Amuka as an address
for unmarried men and women is a relatively new one, according to
experts in the field. It was "rediscovered" about fifty years ago by
Rav Shalom Gefner of Meah ...
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The Talmud (Bava Kama 92a) states:
כל המבקש רחמים על חבירו והוא צריך לאותו דבר, הוא נענה תחילה
Anyone who asks for mercy for his friend, and he needs that thing too, he is answered first.
So you should consider praying for other people who have predicaments similar to your own.
(Inspired by this answer.)
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The Talmud (Shabbat 114a) defines a Talmid Chacham as someone who is careful to wear his clothing right-side-in. The Shulchan Aruch rules this way in Choshen Mishpat 162:21 and explains the reason to be that a Talmid Chacham must be careful to look respectful and inside-out clothing shows its stiching and looks disgraceful. The Shulchan Aruch also recommends ...
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http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2007/08/red-string.html
Per Tosefta Shabbos 7 it is a prohibited pagan practice. Radak
Yeshayahu 41 also prohibits wearing a red string. The Rambam in Moreh
Nevuchim 3:37 says that it causes misfortune.
However the Minhag Yisroel Torah Yoreh Deah 179, and Be'er Moshe 8:36
indicate that it is an accepted practice to ...
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It comes from Niddah 31b:
הרוצה לעשות כל בניו זכרים יבעול וישנה
– One who wants to make all his children males should cohabit once and then repeat it.
Rashi there explains that this comes in continuation to the previous statement in the Gemora that if the wife emits seed first the child conceived will be a male. By first arousing his wife's desire ...
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Personally, I think that segulos are psychological aids. It's not that you bake a key in your challah and magically you somehow make more money. Rather, the baking of the key in the challah is supposed to be a symbolic gesture that will convey to you that all parnassah really comes from God. And once that becomes more clear to you, it will help your prayers, ...
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The segula that the name "Ben Tzion" is associated with long life is also brought by R' Rachamim Nissim Yitzchok Palagi in Yafeh La-Lev (Chelek Gimmel Y.D. Siman 265 Ois 7). He connects it with two Pesukim in Tehillim:
שיר המעלות הבטחים בה' כהר ציון לא ימוט לעולם ישב - A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which will not ...
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There are two statements about clothes that are normally brought together, and are therfore often confused (see here as an example).
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 2:3 - One should be careful to put on his shirt the right way, and not wear it backwards. The Magen Avraham (S"K 3) explains that (based on Rashi Shabbat 114A) if the disgusting stitches are facing ...
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It is likely drawn from the superstitious Indian practice:
To any indian:what does the red thread worn on the wrist mean?
A "Kalava" is the sacred Hindu thread also called 'mauli' in hindi. It is worn while performing Hindu rituals like Yajna or Puja. It is tied by a priest on the wrists of all the people attending the prayer ceremony. Kalava is ...
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One shouldn't lightly dismiss a statement of chazal that seems outdated without trying to understand something from it. Sometimes there's another level to what they are saying and sometimes the idea can be understood within modern science also. For example, some of the statements about demons can apply to other hidden harmful forces, such as bacteria (see ...
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Yalkut Yosef 2:3. (Interestingly, the Mishnah Brurah 2:2 doesn't list it in his list of things that make you forget. But as a side point, even the M"B holds that it's forbidden to do it, but I can't remember where he said it.)
The reason: R' Dr. Asher Meir writes in Meaning in Mitzvot p. 10 that this is because it is a shortcut (being too lazy to take it ...
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See this English translation of a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Likutei Sichot Volume 15, pg 7-12).
A short synopsis from here:
Now, you, I and the Jewish sages of old all have known for a very long time that eclipses are natural events that can be predicted thousands of years in advance. Thus we can be quite certain that their statement does not ...
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The Birkei Yosef (Yoreh De'ah 203:4) defends the practice to swear donate money to tzedakah in the name of Rabbi Me'ir if he makes a certain profit. However, he says it's better to donate the money before. (He doesn't talk about Rabbi Me'ir's connection with lost items.)
Rabbi Joshua Waxman addresses some of these issues in a blog post. He concludes: "This ...
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I don't see why one couldn't wrap the strap of the t'filin under the string (unless it's very tight). That's what I've done with hospital identification bands. Then, to answer your question, "would it be completely wrong to wear a red string on the left arm… if one puts on tefillin daily?", no, I don't see why it would.
But consult your rabbi if this is a ...
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