7 Segulot of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk
1. It is transmitted in the name of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Rimanov that a powerful segula for awakening within oneself a desire to repent is to visit the grave of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk.
2. A segula for an easy delivery is to eat something after Shabbat in honor of Melaveh Malkah. If one says that this food is in honor of the mitzvah of Melaveh Malkah, Jewish women will give birth with ease.
3. The segula of reading the entire Sefer Tehillim three times in one day is considered as though you had fasted for an entire week, from Shabbat to Shabbat.
4. The segula of studying two pages of the Talmud with the commentaries of the Rosh is preferable to fasting.
5. A segula for a woman experiencing a difficult labor is to place the first edition of Sefer "Noam Elimelech", which was printed in the year Tav Kuf Mem Het, in her bed; she will then have an easy delivery (nowadays, any edition may be used).
6. A segula transmitted by the Maggid of Kozhnitz in the name of his teacher is to read three well-known stories associated with Pesach on Shabbat Mevarchim before Rosh Chodesh Nisan. The segula is that these stories will bless the Jewish people with everything necessary for the coming Pesach.
7. The segula is to recite the words of Rabbi Elimelech before prayer:
«Whenever you perform any action—whether you study Torah, recite a prayer, or fulfill a positive commandment—you should familiarize yourself with the following words, make them a habit, and recite them:
"Hareini oseh zot l'shem yichud Kudsha Brich Hu u-Shechintei, la'asot nachat ruach la-Borei Yitbarach Shemo" — (I am doing this in order to unite the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, to bring delight to the blessed Creator). This segula is for receiving assistance from Heaven. (Shirat Devorah) Rabbi Elimelech promised that whoever visits his grave will not leave this world without repenting. "Tiferet Shlomo" says that on his yahrzeit (21 Adar), Rabbi Elimelech blesses and extends his hand to anyone who visits his grave, prays, and studies his books at his grave. May the merit of Rabbi Elimelech protect our people!
