Segulos Galore

I asked for בְּרָכוֹת everywhere
With a dollar and a worried face

I tried סְגֻלּוֹת old and new
Just to keep the bills in place

I tied the red string extra tight
Hung a חַמְסָה by the door

Baked the key inside the חַלָּה
Then I baked another four

I checked the name, I checked the מַזָּל
Asked a מְקֻבָּל what he saw

I bought the charm in silver letters
And called it הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת by law

I said פֶּרֶק שִׁירָה at sunrise
With a whisper and a plea

And פָּרָשַׁת הַמָּן on Super Tuesday
Like it held the master key


Every coin has one address
Every dollar has one King

You can run the whole wide world
But only He can make it ring


אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם
אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר


My calendar is full of flights
Like Heaven runs on points and miles

אוּמַן in the winter cold
קֶרֶעסטִיר with hopeful smiles

לִיזֶענְסְק before the dawn
Another קֶבֶר, another line

I’m chasing every holy stop
To make the פַּרְנָסָה shine


I chased a tip from cousin Shloimy
Who heard from someone in Flatbush

There’s a deal that’s almost closing
Just don’t ask too much, just push

I bought the course, I joined the webinar
“Seven secrets rich men know”

But if the money has no mission
Tell me, where’s it meant to go?


Maybe wealth is not a trophy
Maybe blessing has a job

Maybe gold is only holy
When it lifts the name of G-d

If I want it for my comfort
Then the money tests my hand

If I want it for His honor
Then the money understands


אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם
אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר


Some men get rich and build a palace
Some men get rich and build a name

Some men get rich and lose their children
While they’re busy winning games

Some men get rich and feed the hungry
Some men hold a יְשִׁיבָה wall

Same green bills, two different stories
One stands tall, one starts to fall


At the end of every ledger
When the numbers fade away

All the silver, all the velvet
Cannot buy one honest day

There is something more than diamonds
More than houses, more than gold

יְקָרָה הִיא מִפְּנִינִים
That’s the treasure we must hold


Money comes and money wanders
תּוֹרָה stays and lights the years

If the wealth can serve the תּוֹרָה
Then the blessing becomes clear


Lead: Who gives the money?
Group: Only הַשֵּׁם

Lead: Why send the money?
Group: For His name

Lead: What is the mission?
Group: תּוֹרָה and light

Lead: What is the test?
Group: Spend it right


אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם
אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר

הַשֵּׁם חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר


I tried the סְגֻלּוֹת, chased the signs
From door to door, from shore to shore

But if it’s meant to lift His תּוֹרָה
He can send a whole lot more

אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ הַשֵּׁם
יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר