<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">What berachah does one say over the shlissel?! Baruch ato bevoecha, ubaruch ato betseisecha. (Devarim 28:6)</span></span></span></p>

<p>http://www.mesora.org/Shlissel.html</p>

<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">See&nbsp;</span><a style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;" href="http://www.alfassa.com/bread.html" target="_blank">http://www.alfassa.com/bread.html</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">and the&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">download</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">&nbsp;there.</span></p> <p>This besides the general problem of segula type activity. While not requring scientific proof, even the Rashba agreed that if it's not in the mitzva/Torah value category, actions need to be rational. Otherwise, one is taking away the Creator's free choice or to put it differently, one is relating to G-d as to an ATM: I do so-and-so and expect G-d to respond.</p> <p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.818181991577148px;"><br /></span></p>