“Nishmat Kol Chai” on Hoshana Rabbah According to the Ben Ish Hai

Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad—the Ben Ish Hai (zechuto yagen aleinu)—recommended a segula that can help preserve one’s life throughout the entire year. To do this, one should say the following in the morning on Hoshana Rabbah: “Ribono Shel Olam, today, on Hoshana Rabbah, I take upon myself to recite the prayer Nishmat Kol Chai, and likewise, on this day of Hoshana Rabbah in the coming year 5787, I undertake to pray Nishmat Kol Chai.” “By undertaking such a commitment,” teaches the Ben Ish Hai, “you thereby assure yourself of remaining alive throughout the coming year, for G-d will have to help a person who has promised to fulfill a mitzvah—to recite the prayer in the coming year.” (Translated from a lesson by Rabbi Raphael Avitan)

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