It's that time of year again :(
See Not going there, literally :( . I'll be skipping Tehillim (Psalms) Group today, because I do not wish to "davven" "Parshat HaMan." I'll read it as part of Parshat B'shalach, this week's Torah reading , but I won't davven (pray) it--I don't believe in segulot, which, in my opinion, is just a fancy word for superstitious practices.
ADDeRabbi gets the last word.
ADDeRabbi gets the last word.
posted by Shira Salamone at 12:32 PM
5 Comments:
Well you know, there are segulos, and there are segulos.
I read recently at Bad4Shidduchim that being nice to your date is a segulah for getting married.
Can't argue with that one.
Not sure I understand why reciting pashat haman is more of an issue than tehilim. Both are scripture and I belive are being used in the sense of prayer. At least to me this different that a "shissel challah" or hamsa.
Reform BT, that's not a segulah, that's just seichel (common sense)! :)
Anon., maybe my perspective results from the fact that I've never yet used the recitation of Tehillim (Psalms) to pray for something for my own benefit, though I have, occasionally, responded to requests to pray for someone else's health.
As for "shissel challah," there may be more danger involved than possibly swallowing a key. And I would be as likely to wear a hamsa as I would be to wear a rabbit's foot--I don't believe in good-luck charms/amulets any more that I believe in segulot. Superstition is superstition, no matter what its origin.
Don't you know that "seichel" or "common sense" is just the evil yetzer trying to lead us astray from our rebbe's da'as torah? ;)
Another wiseguy heard from. :)
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