## Sefer HaMiddot, Difficulty in Childbirth

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Difficulty in Childbirth 1
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א. אִשָּׁה שֶׁאוֹכֶלֶת צְנוֹן בְּעִבּוּרָה, תֵּלֵד בְּקִשּׁוּי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A woman who eats radishes during pregnancy will have difficulty giving birth.


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ב. אִשָּׁה שֶׁהִיא מְקַשָּׁה לֵילֵד, סְגֻלָּה שֶׁתִּתֵּן לָהּ לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם מִשִּׁבְעָה בְּאֵרוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Giving a woman to drink from the waters of seven wells is a *segulah* for preventing difficulty in childbirth.


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ג. גַּם בָּנֶיהָ לא יִהְיוּ עִמָּהּ בַּבַּית.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
[Other *segulot* that are beneficial for alleviating difficulties in childbirth are:] keeping her other children out of the house during labor,


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ד. גַּם. תִּלְחַשׁ לָהּ בְּאָזְנָהּ אוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל שֵׁם ס"ג.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
whispering the letters of the Holy Name *SaG* (*Yud Vav Dalet, Heh Yud, Vav Aleph Vav, Heh Yud*) into her ear,


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ה. גַּם מִטָּתָהּ לא תַּעֲמד בְּמַעֲרָב וּבְדָרוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
not placing her bed in the western or southern part of the room,


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ו. גַּם תִּתְלֶה עַל צַוָּארָה מִמָּרוֹר הַנִּשְׁאָר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
and putting around her neck some bitter herbs leftover [from the Passover *Seder*].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Difficulty in Childbirth 7
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ז. גַּם תִּלְחַשׁ לָהּ בְּאָזְנָהּ אוֹתִיּוֹת: פֵּא וָיו עַיִן הֵא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whispering into a woman’s ear the letters *peh aleph, vav aleph vav, ayin yud nun, heh aleph* is also [a *segulah* for easing the difficulties of childbirth].