Segulot Involving Food from Rabbi Nachman's "Book of Traits"
Segulot Involving Food from Rabbi Nachman's "Book of Traits"
Leave something of what you have eaten, so that G-d's blessing may descend upon your food;
A person's table (with kosher food, a blessing recited over the food, and Birkat HaMazon) purifies him of all transgressions and nullifies decrees, because the table is like an Altar;
A person's table brings him a livelihood, and he is inscribed Above for good;
Why did the Jewish people deserve to be annihilated (G-d forbid) in the time of Purim? Because they enjoyed the feast of King Achashverosh;
One should not drink water in front of many people;
A person sings when he drinks, but not when he eats, because the Jewish people sang at the well, but not over the manna;
Fish arouse the desire for marital intimacy;
Through Birkat HaMazon, Hashem becomes known to the world;
Through Birkat HaMazon, nations refrain from waging war;
If a person cannot taste his food, G-d has withdrawn from him;
The food of the righteous is more significant than their marital intimacy and sacrifices;
Fatty fish are in the merit of sacrifices;
When a person is bitten by a dog, it means that G-d's mercy does not extend to him, and it is clear that he has eaten forbidden food;
One who does not eat forbidden food is protected from predators;
Because of his desire for food, a person loves one son more than another;
The acronym formed by the words: "Come, eat of my bread and drink" (Proverbs 9:5) in Hebrew is וּשְׁתוּ בְלַחֲמִי לַחֲמוּ לְכוּ - lulav - לוּלָב.
And the word בְּיַיִן (wine), which continues this verse, has the same gematria as the acronym of the words אתרוג הדס ערבה.
The word מסכתי (I poured) alludes to the festival of Sukkot;
Through fulfilling the mitzvah of the Four Species and the mitzvah of the sukkah, a person merits food, drink, clothing, as well as life force for the soul:
Food—through the lulav and etrog, because they bear fruit (that is, types of food);
Drink—through the willows (hadasa) growing beside a stream;
Clothing —through the sukkah: “When I made the cloud his garment”;
Life force (the soul's strength)—through the myrtle.
(compiled from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's book "Sefer HaMiddot")
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