Divination: The practice of discerning the hidden significance of events and foretelling the future. (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia)
Divinations - of both past and future events - is forbidden. Examples of forbidden divinations include:
- "My bread fell out of my hand - so I will not go shopping today"
- "I dropped my walking stick - so I will not travel today"
- "If such-and-such happens, I will do something-or-another"
If one acts based on one's divinations, one has transgressed this Mitzva.
Applies to everybody, everywhere, always
Verse: "Do not practice divination (Vayikra 19:26)
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Prohibition 165
Chodesh Tov and Shabbat Shalom
- Danny
Thursday, 29 Tishrei 5771
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