Shir Lamaalos card Archives

Is there any specific Inyan of using the Shir Lamaalos cards sold in the stores or is the Ikar the words and the surrounding art can be made custom?

I am not aware of any concept/directive of using specifically the standard Shir Lamaalos card (painted by Raphael Abecassis in 5747). It appears that the main thing indeed is…

Until what age should we place Shir Lamaalos on a child’s crib, car seat etc.? Is this the same as to how long they should be up on the doors of the house?

For shmira purposes, it’s enough to keep it for three or seven days (or, according to some, four weeks or thirty days). However, there is an additional reason why we…

Can one bring a Shir Lamaalos card into the labor room to be visible during labor (for the woman to feel safer)? Can it be see through? Would these issues apply to a picture of a Tzadik?

It must be covered with two covers, one of then not visible. This does not apply according to Halacha to a picture of a Tzadik. Nonetheless, Chassidim have a…

I am making Shir Lamaalos cards. In order that people not be Nichshal by bringing them into a bathroom with one covering, I would like to add a tiny film (a Ma’shehu) that makes it shinier. Would this tiny plastic film covering for the purposes of shininess help so that when people place it in their pocket they have a situation of Kis B’toch Kis?

The definition of Keli B'toch Keli is that at least one Keli isn’t designed specifically for this holy item. There is a disagreement how to interpret the concept of “not…

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