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Children:
- Intense prayer is a segulah for having children. The same is true of
the mitzvah of Succah and the Land of Israel. These three concepts are all
connected with one another (48).
- Those who work hard to draw people closer to God and to the Tzaddik
are worthy of having children (53).
- If you are married, be careful that you sanctify the marriage relationship.
You must break the force of your desires, which are rooted in the animal
soul. You should imagine that a demon is forcing you (cf. Nedarim 20b). Then
you will be blessed with children, and they will be protected from premature
death (39).
- The best time for relations between husband and wife is on the night
of Shabbat (cf. Ketuboth 61b). Then they will be blessed with children (Ibid.).
- One with an evil eye will not leave male offspring behind. The same
goes for one who talks lashon hara, slander, and bad language (Ibid.).
- A segulah for having children is that prior to having relations, the
husband and wife should recite the account of the additional offerings which
were brought on the New Moon. This also helps for a child who is sick (151).
- A woman who usually has a difficult labour should recite the Psalm
of Thanksgiving (Psalm 100). It is also a segulah for her to give generously
to charity and to help others as much as possible with favors and acts of
kindness (II, 2:3,4).
- A person who has no children should make it a practice whenever he
attends a religious celebration to be especially joyful. When he studies
Torah it should be with joy. The same goes for all the mitzvot. The joy should
be so great that he literally starts dancing for joy. Then he will be worthy
of having children (81).
- Faith brings children (cf. Genesis 15:5,6) The Hebrew word for faith
is emunah. The numerical value of the word emunah is one hundred and two.
The word for children is banim. The numerical value of banim is also one
hundred and two (Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom 34).
- It is best for children if you leave them alone for the most part rather
than sticking to them and playing with them constantly. Don't pay overmuch
attention to them. Do what you have to in order to give them their religious
education, and training them in mitzvot when they reach the appropriate age.
But don't play with them too much (Ibid. 59).
- If you are joyous, it can protect your children from death (Ibid.
65).
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