[Avodah] "Blei Gissen" should we believe in this?

[Richard Wolberg]

> I don't know how someone can state with a straight face that the  
> Amoraim did not believe
> in or use segulot and amulets.  One can argue with the Rambam that  
> they
> were mistaken in so doing, but to deny that they did so in the first  
> place?


Let's not forget the placebo effect. One can even say that HaShem may  
choose to use the placebo effect as one modality of influence.
ri
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