There is a story about a young Jewish couple who moved away from any connection to Judaism, left Israel and settled in America. Once, on the night of Shabbat Kodesh, they were sitting down to have dinner, and suddenly the husband remembered his grandfather, turned to his wife and said to her, "I remember my grandfather singing the chorus 'Eshet Chayil' at the time of Shabbat's kiddush in a captivating melody." "And what are the words of the chorus?" the woman asked.
"I don't remember the words," said the husband, "but the melody, what a moving melody." And so the husband did, he went from store to store to get the chorus "Eshet Chayal" but he couldn't find it.
The last store he entered was a store for holy books, he approached the store owner and asked if he was selling a book that contained the refrain "Eshet Chayal." The husband paid for the siddur, went to his house, went to his wife, opened the siddur, and showed her the chorus in full "Eshet Chayil". The woman took the siddur into her hands, looked at the words of the chorus, and said to her husband:
"Look how much this refrain praises the woman: "A woman of valor, who can find" – who can find a woman of valor, for it is a precious thing and something that is not found. And far from pearls, she sold" – if they wanted to sell a woman of valor, then her value was far from the value of the pearls. Her husband's heart trusted her – "When the man is not in his house, he trusts her to take care of everything in the house." And the booty shall not be lacking" – and in the place where he is there, he shall not be deprived of the spoils, for he shall not be frightened and hasten to his house for fear of some deficiency in the house... And so she reads the chorus to her husband with excitement, until she reaches the last verse that captivates her heart, "Give her of the fruit of her hands – "Pay the woman the reward of her deeds," "And he shall praise her at the gates of her deeds" – there is no need to praise her, for it is her deeds that testify to her and they praise her. And this refrain opened her heart, and from that day on, she began to research the religion of Israel, and when she found all the respect and appreciation that the Torah gives to women, she would go to Torah lessons regularly, and a few months later she repented completely together with her husband.
There are people who pursue all kinds of segula, segula for livelihood, segula for medicine, segula for peace of the house, we don't know if and how many segula are beneficial, but if we correct what we have to fix, we will certainly find better results. There is a story about a man who approaches his rabbi on Saturday night with a question: "Is it true that they say that there is a segula for Shalom Bayit to fold the tallit on Shabbat night?" The rabbi said to him:
"I don't know the source of this virtue, nor do I know if it is beneficial, but one thing I can tell you, I have a tried and tested segula, that everyone who tried it on Saturday night saw an amazing change in his wife for the better, help your wife wash the house, take the garbage down to the general garbage of the building, wash the dishes, set the table, and serve your wife coffee and cake. If you do it every Saturday night, I promise you that you will have peace of mind..."
