Timeline for Are Segulot a Prohibition of Nichush?
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 2:35 | comment | added | mevaqesh | What the Hokhmat Adam actually writes is: כל דבר שהתועלת או הנזק נגלה לעינים בין מדרך רפואה או בדרך סגולה אין בו משום ניחוש או דרכי האמורי אבל מה שאינו נגלה יש בו משום דרכי האמורי ואסור והבוטח בה' חסד יסובבנו ; not that every traditional segula is muttar; only those which are demonstrable effective. | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 20:42 | comment | added | mevaqesh | @Shokhet With connection that loose justifying a segulah, I dont think any segulah would be forbidden. | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 18:55 | history | edited | Yitzchak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 20, 2014 at 13:25 | comment | added | MTL | Yeah, I know it's a little weak, but it's there as a limud zchus | |
| May 20, 2014 at 13:24 | comment | added | MTL | +1...it should be noted though, that while Rav Shachter prohibits the red string ("roiteh bendel" in the shiur) because he couldn't find a reason for it, others have suggested that the red color is supposed to remind us of the embarrassment (accompanied by blushing) that Rachel suffered when she gave up the signs to her sister ... this reminds us to sacrifice for the dignity of others, and it would be from there that all the benefits of the red string come | |
| May 20, 2014 at 5:44 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 20, 2014 at 5:08 | history | answered | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |