Segulot of the Mekubalim for a Healthy Pregnancy and an Easy Delivery

1. Tehillim 1–20–100 As soon as a woman becomes pregnant, she should recite Psalms 1, 20, and 100. Psalm 1 - to prevent miscarriage - (Shimush Tehillim) Psalm 20 – The Song of the Woman in Labor - (the holy Zohar) The holy Zohar calls Psalm 20 the Song of the Woman in Labor. The psalm's 70 words correspond to the 70 cries of a woman in labor—she gives birth with the seventieth cry. Psalm 20 consists of 9 pesukim (verses), excluding the introductory verse, corresponding to the 9 months of pregnancy. This psalm contains exactly 70 words, and each word represents one of the types of cries a woman emits when giving birth (according to Kabbalah, a child is born specifically as a result of these 70 types of cries). With the seventieth cry, the womb opens and the child is born. Zohar on Tehillim 20 – The Song of the Woman in Labor Psalm 100 - the Psalm of Thanksgiving - should be learned during pregnancy and begun during contractions for a quick and easy delivery; (Kise Rachamim Yeshiva, Rabbi Meir Mazuz, Yuri Plishtiev) 2. A segula for an easy delivery from Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (the Steipler): One should read the following passages from the Torah thoughtfully and with concentration (Exodus 11:8): - “Veyardu kol avadecha elei, vehishtachavu li lemor: Tzei atah vechol ha'am asher beraglecha, veacharei chen etzei” - (“All your servants will come down to me and bow to me, saying: You and all the people at your feet, go out. And afterward I will go out”); - “Vatomarena hamyaldot el Paroh: Ki lo kanashim haMitzriyot haIvriyot, ki chayot henah; beterem tavo aleihen hamyaledet, veyaladu” - (“The midwives replied to Pharaoh: The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are like animals—before the midwife comes to them, they have already given birth”); - “Vehu kechatan yotzei mechupato, yasis kegibor larutz orach” - (“And he is like a groom emerging from his wedding canopy, rejoicing like a mighty man running his course”). (Tehillim 19:6) 3. Mikveh For a healthy delivery and a healthy baby: during the ninth month of pregnancy, a woman should immerse in a mikveh; (“Rafael the Angel,” Rabbi Yehuda-Yudel Rosenberg). 4. Opening the Aron HaKodesh On a day when the Torah is read publicly in the synagogue (Monday, Thursday, Shabbat, or a holiday), the husband of a pregnant woman should ask permission to open the Aron HaKodesh, where the Torah scrolls are kept; (“Avodat HaKodesh,” Rabbeinu Chida) 5. Etrog - On Hoshana Rabbah, a pregnant woman should taste the tip of the etrog used during Sukkot; (“Segulot Yisrael,” Rabbi Shabtai Lifshitz) - Eat etrog jam on Tu BiShvat; (Rabbi Yaakov-Haim Sofer, “Kaf HaChaim”) 6. Hafrashat Challah The weekly Friday separation of challah from the dough. 7. Reading Mishnah from the second chapter of tractate Shabbat, which deals with the preparation of the Shabbat candles. 8. Eating for the sake of Heaven - a practice that helps bring about an easy delivery. Each week at the conclusion of Shabbat, the expectant mother should eat a dish with the intention of fulfilling the enactment concerning the Melaveh Malkah meal (the traditional meal held after Shabbat ends). (Yaakov-Haim Sofer, “Kaf HaChaim”) 9. 18 coins, corresponding to kapparot Sephardic kabbalists advise that as labor approaches, one should take 18 coins of any denomination and circle them over the woman's head. This ceremony is intended to atone for her sins, corresponding to the custom of kapparot performed on the eve of Yom Kippur. 10. A segula involving a ruby The ruby is “good for a woman experiencing difficult labor.” It is believed that for maximum effect, the ruby should touch the body of the woman in labor. (Rabbeinu Bachya on Exodus) Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen HaItamari of Izmir (“Midrash Talpiot,” “Shevet Mussar”) says that if a woman places a genuine “odem” stone against her body—a red stone, the first of the stones representing the Twelve Tribes, corresponding to Reuben (“ruby”)—it will ease the delivery; 11. “Noam Elimelech” A Hasidic custom is to place beneath the pillow of a woman in labor the book “Noam Elimelech,” written by Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. The book “Otzar HaBrit” states that this is a very effective remedy. 12. Tehillim that ease labor If labor is prolonged, the woman's relatives should recite Psalm 23 seven times consecutively. Psalm 100, which the woman in labor should recite herself, is also intended to ease the delivery. (Rabbi Meir Mazuz, Kise Rachamim Yeshiva) 13. Tzedakah in the woman's name to support Torah scholars. 14. Rashi's segula for difficult labor, which Rashi transmitted to his son: the husband should whisper Psalm 137:7 into his wife's ear 13 times, and then say “Tzei, tzei, tzei” (come out) three times. He should then take a glass of water, recite the berachah “Shehakol,” drink it himself, and give the woman in labor some to drink. With Hashem's help, the baby will emerge. זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ - “Zechor Adonai livnei Edom et yom Yerushalayim, ha'omrim: Aro, aro ad hayesod bah” - (“Remember, O L-rd, the day of Jerusalem, when the children of Edom said: ‘Destroy it, destroy it, down to its very foundation.’”). 15. Magnet An easy segula to ease labor is to place a magnet on the woman's abdomen over the uterine area—it helps; 16. A segula involving the thumb The woman's husband should take water and, holding his thumb (agudal) over the glass, pour water over it (so that his wife neither knows nor sees), and then give her the water to drink with a berachah. This will help her give birth quickly and easily. 17. Rectifying Chavah's sin Take wine and place in it a leaf from a fig tree, “te'enah”; recite a berachah and drink it—for an easy delivery (the rectification of Chavah's sin, alluding to garments made of fig leaves); 18. In the event of difficult labor (chas v'shalom) Chazal advise reciting Psalm 20 twelve times. This psalm contains the encoded Name יבק “Yabok”, whose gematria is 112, equal to the sum of the gematriot of Hashem's three loftiest holy Names—Ehyeh (21), Havayah (26), and Adnut (65). 112 is also the gematria of two other Names of Hashem: Elohim (86) and Havayah (26). In the second pasuk, in the words: יַעַנְךָ יְהוָה, בְּיוֹם צָרָה - “Ya'ancha Adonai beyom tzarah” - the rashei tevot ייבצ have a gematria of 112. In the tenth pasuk: יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם-קָרְאֵנוּ - “Ya'anenu beyom kor'einu” - the rashei tevot יבק form the Name “Yabok”. In the ninth pasuk: וַאֲנַחְנוּ קַּמְנוּ, וַנִּתְעוֹדָד - “Va'anachnu kamnu vanit'oded” - likewise, the rashei tevot וקו have a gematria of 112. As we can see, the Name “Yabok” runs throughout the psalm, and therefore Chazal advise reciting it twelve times, since these three Names together consist of 12 letters. The highest level is to have kavanah for one of the 12 letters of the three Names during each recitation. 19. Sefer Yonah It is beneficial for the husband to read the entire Sefer Yonah while his wife is giving birth. 20. Walnut—after delivery Immediately after giving birth, it is beneficial for the woman to eat an egoz nut—she should recite a berachah and eat it; (Based on Rabbi Tzvi Nisanzon's lesson “The Zohar on Tehillim”; based on Rabbi Yisrael Yakobov's lessons “The Secret Meaning of Tehillim”)

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