1) Instant mashed potatoes, which is made by combining powdered potatoes and water and results in a thick mixture, may not be prepared on Shabbos, even by means of a Shinui,unless extremely necessary to feed a child or ill person. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74: Losh;12)
2)Instant pudding where a powder is combined with water to produce a pudding, id the result is a loose mixture it may be prepared by adding the ingredients in reverse order and mixing with a Shinui.
If the result is a pudding that is a thick mixture, it may not be prepared on Shabbos even with a Shinui, unless extremely necessary to feed a child or ill person. (ibid.)
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Reader's Question:
What is the difference between a segulah and a superstition?
Answer:
Segulos are based on the Torah while superstitions are made up and are often against the Torah's way.
Sometimes its hard to know if something is a segulah that works according to Chazal or not, so it's always best to rely only on Segulos that have reliable sources in the Seforim or at least ones that were handed down from generation to generation.
Jumping to follow every new "segulah" that appears on the scene without verifying its authenticity is foolish.
"Ain Segulah K'Torah, there is no better Segulah than [learning and following the] Torah"
See Sefer Peleh Yoetz, Os Chof, Kibud Av V'Em where he writes "...There are people who spend large sums of money for the opportunity to do the Mitzvah of opening the Aron Kodesh or to be a Sandek at a Bris and similar things which are not biblical or rabbinic Mitzvos rather just a good deed (i.e. a Segulah)...yet every time one obeys their father and mother they fulfill a huge biblical Mitzvah...[yet] fools give up this opportunity [often for the lesser opportunities]and are punished for this."
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