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Sefer HaMiddot, A Divine Remedy

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א. נוֹצָה שֶׁל עוֹפוֹת הַבַּר הֵם סְגֻלָּה לָחֳלָאֵי הָרֵאָה, וּמְסֻגָּל לְחַזֵּק אֶת הָרוּחַ־חַיִּים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

The feathers of birds of prey are a segulah for curing diseased lungs and for strengthening one’s life force.

ב. הַשָּׁמַיִם – יֵשׁ בָּהֶם שִׁנּוּי מַרְאוֹת לְפִי מַרְאוֹת עֲשָׂבִים הַנִּגְדָּלִים עַל־יְדֵיהֶם, וְהֵם מְסֻגָּלִים לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בָּהֶן.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

The heavens change their appearance to match the different colors of the grasses that grow because of them. It is a segulah to stare at these colors.

ג. מֵי גְּשָׁמִים מְסֻגָּלִין לְמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ גְּבוּרַת אֲנָשִׁים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Rainwater is a segulah for one who lacks virility.

ד. אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים סְגֻלָּה לְהוֹרִיד גְּשָׁמִים "תְּהִלִּם" – לִ'מְטַר הַ'שָּׁמַיִם תִּ'שְׁתֶּה מָ'יִם.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Reciting Psalms is a segulah for bringing rain. [We learn this from the Hebrew word for Psalms], TeHiLiM, which is an acronym for “Limtar Hashamayim Tishteh Mayim ([the Land of Israel] drinks water from the rain of heaven)” (Deuteronomy 11:11).

ה. סְגֻלָּה לְהַחֲזִיר לְאִשָּׁה וִסְתָּהּ עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Hospitality is a segulah for restoring a woman’s menses.

ו. מִי שֶׁשַּׂעֲרוֹתָיו מְרֻבִּים שֶׁלּא עַל־פִּי הַטֶּבַע, זֶה עָלוּל לִנְזָקִים הַרְבֵּה וְלִפְגָעִים רָעִים מֵהַסִּטְרָא־אַחַרָא, סְגֻלָּתוֹ שֶׁיִּקְרָא הַפָּרָשָׁה שֶׁקּוֹרִין בְּיוֹם־כִּפּוּרִים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

An abnormally hairy person is susceptible to much harm and misfortune at the hand of the Other Side. A segulahis for him to recite the Torah section read on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16).

ז. מִי שֶׁנִּתְאַלֵּם בְּפֶתַע פִּתְאוֹם, יַעֲבִירוּ עַל פִּיו חֵלֶף כָּשֵׁר.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A person who suddenly loses his ability to speak should have a knife fit for ritual slaughtering passed over his mouth.

ח. סְגֻלָּה לְמַקְשָׁה לֵילֵד, תִּתְלֶה לָהּ עַל צַוָּארָהּ מַפְתֵּחַ שֶׁל הַבֵּית־עָלְמִין. גַּם הַמַּפְתֵּחַ הַזֶּה מְסֻגָּל לַעֲקָרָה.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A segulah for eliminating the difficulty a woman has in childbirth is to hang the cemetery key around her neck. This key is also a segulah for healing barrenness.

ט. סְגֻלָּה לָחֳלִי הַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁיִּבְכֶּה עַל חֻרְבַּן בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Crying over the destruction of the Holy Temple is a segulahfor healing a neck ailment.

י. 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.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A segulah for a person moving to a new house is to bring into it a sword, or a knife, or some other type of weapon. A hint to this is found in the verse, “A house is built with ChoKhMah (wisdom)” (Proverbs 24:3); the letters being an acronym for “Klei Chamas Me’cheiroteihem (weapons are their wares)” (Genesis 49:5). [The explanation of me’cheiroteihem is alternatively] “their swords” or “their places of dwelling.”

יא. תַּפּוּחִים מְסֻגָּלִים לְמַקְשָׁה לֵילֵד.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Apples are a segulah for women who have difficult births.