When one cries in mourning for the passing of an honest person, he merits raising his children.

Care must be taken that a baby boy does not go bareheaded.

A person need not worry about having enough to support his children. As they grow, so does his income.

Anyone who prevents another person from ‘being fruitful and multiplying’ (Genesis 1:22) will descend into hell childless.

A man who forces his wife to have marital relations will have indecent children.

A woman whose menstrual flow is heavy will find the difficulties of child rearing a great burden.

The daughter of a Kohen who marries a regular Jew (Israelite), or the daughter of a Torah scholar who marries a boor, will bear no offspring.

Fasting on Thursdays is a segulah for raising children.

A modest woman is rewarded with good children.

When a man joyously celebrates the holidays, or properly dons tefilin, his wife bears him sons.

There are times when praying for children on behalf of a person who has none will bring about that person’s death.

For the sin of unfulfilled oaths, children are punished with death.

Moving from one place to another causes a person to be blessed with children.

Older children do not die for the sins of their fathers. However, where the desecration of God’s Name is involved, even older children die.

One who eats meat and drinks wine will conceive healthy children.

A person who stares at the heel of a woman, or at his own wife when she is ritually impure, will have indecent children.

A man who has lived in the Land of Israel for ten years and has remained childless should divorce his wife; it would seem that he is unworthy of building himself [a family] through her.

What should a person do to have male children? He should marry a suitable woman, sanctify himself when he is with her, and beseech the One to whom the blessing of children belongs.

Whoever bears children does so in his own likeness.

A person should be careful not to cut down a tree before its time, because doing so is detrimental to the raising of children.

Whoever exerts himself to be charitable will have children who are rich, wise and masters oiAggadah.

What should a person do to have children? He should distribute his money to the poor and make his wife happy before having marital relations.

Just as it is forbidden to kill a person, it is forbidden to chop down a fruit-bearing tree before its time.

We find the term “death” applied to Joab because he left no progeny like himself. Of David it is said that he was “laid to rest” because he left a son like himself.

The evil-eye does not rule over one whose first child is a girl.

Whoever raises an orphan in his home, it is as if he fathered him.

Whoever teaches Torah to the son of a fellow Jew, it is as if he fathered him.

Forty days prior to the formation of the embryo, a man should pray that his wife bear a son.

The wife of a man whose thoughts are immoral will also have such thoughts. When she entertains immoral thoughts, the forces of evil come to her in her dreams, and because of this her children die.

When a man is unfaithful to his wife, she will be unfaithful to him.

Whoever burns a fellow Jew’s produce will leave no son to inherit him.

A woman who loses her children in birth should put an apple on her head [while delivering them].

Whoever begins a mitzvah but does not complete it buries his wife and sons.

A man who marries a woman for money will have indecent children and also lose the money in no time at all.

A person who occupies himself with Torah and acts of kindness is rewarded with many children.

Children do not die for the sin of their fathers unless they carry on in their fathers’ ways.

Marital relations are beneficial for the fetus; purifying and providing the child with alertness, strength and a distinguished appearance.

A person who has no children should accept upon himself the travails of exile.

Taking away a fellow Jew’s means of income is like violating his wife.

Being given over into the hands of one’s enemies is like being bereaved of one’s sons.

A person who has sexual relations with a gentile woman, or with another man, or who entertains thoughts of idolatry, will not have a Torah scholar for a son. Even if he should teach his son Torah, he will forget it.

Good children bring great healing for their ancestors.

Falsehood causes one’s children to die.

Whoever does not separate from his wife close to the expected time of her menstruation, his sons—even if they are like those of Aaron—will die. But a man who does separate will have male children who are fit to render judgments in Torah law.

Whoever uses wine in performing the Havdalah service separating Shabbat from the week, will have male children who are fit to render judgments in Torah law.

A person who sanctifies himself by behaving modestly during marital relations will have male children.

Care should be taken not to allow a baby to nurse from an evil woman, because the milk he suckles has the power to make him either pure or impure.

Warm water and oil are good for an infant’s health.

By not holding back when nature calls, a person’s prayers on behalf of his children will be accepted.

Offspring take after their father and mother in height.

Indecent behavior in one’s house is more destructive than the war of Gog and Magog.

Coming early and staying late in the synagogue lengthens the days of one’s children.

A person should not favor one of his children over the others.

Lighting Chanukah and Shabbat candles makes one worthy of having sons who are Torah scholars.

A person who shows love for the Sages will have sons who are sages. By honoring the Sages, his sons-in-law will be sages.

One’s children die in youth for his sins of not fulfilling his oaths, neglecting to study Torah, failing to keep the mitzvotof mezuzah and tzitzit, and for the sin of unwarranted hatred.

If a person tithes his wealth, his children will be saved from diphtheria.

Schoolchildren die for the sins of their generation.

Obtaining myrtle branches for Shabbat makes one worthy of having children who are Torah scholars.

A segulah for a woman who miscarries is to bathe a bride before her wedding.

The food one eats influences his sons and daughters [at the time of their conception].

A person whose children die should not have marital relations during the week, but only on the night of Shabbat.

Drawing a bow and arrow on Lag B’Omer is a segulah for having children, as is singing the prayers while leading the congregation in worship.

Proper behavior must be taught from infancy.

The songs and praises of God that are recited before the light of day are a segulah for having children, for increasing the milk of a nursing woman, and for being spared from a wife with an angry nature.

A person who humbles himself in the presence of his teacher and turns to his teacher with all his doubts even though his teacher shames him, will merit having a son who is even greater than his teacher in the study of Torah.

Aperson who accepts his suffering with love merits offspring who will live long.

God performs great deeds for a person in accordance with his name. This is because a person’s name influences [all aspects of his life.]

A person who raises his voice in order to show off causes his children to be taken captive.

A person who is childless should use oil regularly.

There are times when changing one’s place of dwelling saves the life of his children.

By pursuing peace, a person saves his sons from death and exile.

When a person does something that is afterwards a hindrance for other people, all good is severed from his offspring.

There are times when the great love between husband and wife prevents her from bearing children.

Most barren women who later conceive will give birth to a son.

Children die because of fraud.

The Tzaddik has the power to curse a person so that he will not have decent children.

A person in whose house the Tzaddik takes lodging is blessed with children.

A person who desires to perform some mitzvah but does not merit fulfilling it, will be rewarded with children. They will inherit his greatness and will accomplish that mitzvah.

When a person interferes with another’s livelihood, in the end his children die.

A magnet is a segulah for having children.

A person’s children die when he uses names of impurity or sorcery, of if he just believes in them.

When a husband and wife wash their hands and give charity before engaging in marital relations, they remove the spirit of impurity from the children that they conceive.

There are women who bear females, but not males.

By reciting the chapter of tzitzit (Numbers 15:37-41) with devotion and great fear of God, and by clothing the naked, a person merits having sons.

When the year has been a prosperous one, take it as a sign that the Jews will “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:22).

The children of a woman who uses sorcery will die, and she will become a widow.

A segulah for increasing the milk of a nursing mother is for her husband to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem.

Falsehood brings harm to one’s children. The place in which they live can also cause them harm.

If a person brings joy to a groom and bride, or—

if he is heedful [of the mitzvot that involve] lighting candles, his wife will bear sons.

An abundance of rain is a sign that many sons will be born during that year.

Husband and wife who curse each other will not raise their children.

A segulah for raising children: plant some type of produce, and when you harvest it, give it to the poor without having any pleasure from it yourself.

A person who instills excessive fear in the people of his generation will not have progeny whose hearts contain wisdom.

Whoever has no compassion for his children clearly has no understanding of holiness.

Not reviewing one’s studies {and forgetting them} causes one’s children to die.

A person who has acted immorally will not raise his children.

The Name of God — Elo'ah — אלוה - protects children.

Whoever makes an effort to secure a livelihood for those who seek God, his children will not follow evil ways.

Through faith in the Tzaddikim a person’s children live and endure.

When a male child comes into the world, so does lovingkindness.

One who causes grief to his parents is not worthy of raising sons.

By pursuing peace, a person lives to see his children’s children.

Damage to a door or window is a sign that one’s children will suffer sickness.

When there is strife, it is a bad sign for one’s children; whereas peace is a good sign for them.

A person who cannot control his temper will have foolish children.

One who shows respect for his father is rewarded with sons.