Segula of Mekubal Salman Mutzafi for Rosh Chodesh with Calendar

Segula of Mekubal Salman Mutzafi for Rosh Chodesh with Calendar — a Special Blessing of the Mekubalim

Gaon Ben Zion Mutzafi relates from his father, Mekubal Salman Mutzafi, that on the days of Rosh Chodesh he saw Ben Ish Chai (may his merit protect us) pray 30 times, corresponding to the days of the coming month, the prayer “LiShuatecha...”. The Holy Zohar teaches that on the first day of the month, the Gates of Mercy are open, unlike on other days, when one must make tremendous efforts to open them. Ben Ish Chai explains that on Rosh Chodesh there is no distinction between people—all are equal before the Almighty, and everyone can merit having their prayers accepted in Heaven. Rabbi Salman Mutzafi advised taking a calendar and, while running one’s fingers over each day of the coming month and looking at the date on the calendar (beginning with the first day of the month), reciting the following prayers (there should be 30 recitations in total; if the calendar has 29 days, recite the 30th time at any point, without connecting it to a particular date): - “LiShuatecha kiviti Ado-nai” — (I place my hope in Your salvation, O L-rd); - “Bracha ve-Hatzlacha le (name the members of the family)” — (blessing and success for... the names of the family members); - “Shmirah ve-Yeshuah” — (protection and salvation). And at the end, ask in your own words for a successful month, saying: “Yehi ratzon milfanecha, Ado-nai Eloheinu ve-Elohei Avoteinu, she-terachem aleinu ve-techadesh aleinu et ha-chodesh ha-zeh — Chodesh (name the coming month): le-tovah ve-li-vrachah, le-sasson u-le-simchah, le-teshuvah ve-le-nechamah, ve-yihyu kol yemei ha-chodesh ha-zeh, hu Chodesh (name the coming month), tovim u-mevorachim aleinu ve-al kol Yisrael acheinu be-chol makom she-hem le-chaim tovim ve-le-shalom, ve-tashmi'einu ba-hem sasson ve-simchah, u-tevasserenu ba-hem besorot tovot, ve-tegaleh ba-hem geulah sheleimah bi-m'heirah mi-kol tzaroteinu, yir'u eineinu ve-yismach libeinu be-vinyan Beit Ha-Mikdash bi-m'heirah be-yameinu, Amen, Selah”!   (May it be Your will, O L-rd, our G-d and the G-d of our fathers, that You have mercy on us and renew this month for us—the month of (name the coming month)—for goodness and blessing, for joy and gladness, for repentance and consolation. And may all the days of this month—the month of (name the coming month)—be good and blessed for us and for all Israel, our brothers, wherever they may be, for a good life and for peace. May we hear in it tidings of joy and gladness, receive good news in it, and may complete redemption come through it, speedily, from all our troubles. May our eyes behold this and our hearts rejoice in the rebuilding of the Temple, speedily in our days. Amen. Selah.)   (From a lesson by Gaon Ben Zion Mutzafi, transmitted from his father, Mekubal Salman Mutzafi, may his merit protect us)