Segulah for Grace and favour
For grace and kindness
לחן ולחסד
A practice reported by Chida (Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai) in Kaf A‘hat (Avodat HaKodesh).
- Grace and favour
What to do
- 1After the Shacharit prayer, say the following.Step source: Kaf Achat 30 — segment 2
- 2Say the verses given by the source, beginning with “Haazinu hashamayim veadabera”.Step source: Kaf Achat 30 — segment 2
- 3Then say the prayer given by the source, reproduced below.Step source: Kaf Achat 30 — segment 3
What the source does not specify
- The source does not specify a number of repetitions.
- The source does not specify who performs the practice.
- The source does not specify a place.
- The source does not specify a duration.
What for?
Verses and prayer reported after Shacharit to find favour.
Source text
Original canonical text
לחן ולחסד.
אחר תפלת שחרית יאמר. האזינו השמים ואדברה ותשמע הארץ אמרי פי יערוף כמטר לקחי תזל כטל אמרתי כשעירים עלי דשא וכרביבים עלי עשב כי שם ה׳ אקרא הבו גודל לאלהינו:
יהרמ״י או״א שתעשה למען רחמיך ולמען קדושת פסוקים אלו והשמות הקדושים שבהם ותתננו לאהבה לחן ולחסד ולרחמים בעיני כל רואינו ויהיו דברינו נשמעים לעבודתך ויהיו כל מעשינו לש״ש ותצליחנו בלימודינו ובכל מעשה ידינו אכ״יר:
Understanding this segulah
Source verified on 2026-09-23
The ‘Hida brings, for finding grace and kindness, saying after Shacharit the verses beginning “Haazinu hashamayim veadabera”, then the prayer printed in the source, which mentions the holiness of those verses and the holy Names within them. The source specifies no number of repetitions, no performer, no place, and no duration. No outcome is promised.
Documentary provenance
- Author :
- ‘Hida — Rabbi ‘Haïm Yossef David Azoulay
- Work :
- Kaf A‘hat (Avodat HaKodesh)
- Exact reference :
- Kaf Achat 30
- Tradition :
- Séfarade
- Edition :
- Avodat HaKodesh, Pressburg, 1859
- Text licence :
- Public Domain
Source verified on 2026-09-23
A segulah is not a guarantee of any outcome, nor medical, legal or financial advice. In case of illness, see a doctor; for a practical question, ask a Rav.
