Hoshana Rabba: "a great amount of saving."
It's the last day before the din of Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur is sealed. The gates of Heaven are slowly closing, and it's an auspicious time for tefillah. It's one of the occasions during which our prayers are more readily accepted.
Of course, davening every day is just as important. But, this is a time that our tefillos are boosted, and we would be foolish to not take advantage of this.
Utilizing an Eis Ratzon is different than engaging in segulos. A segulah is something that is said to bring about positive things; how it works though is beyond our logical understanding. Not all segulos can be lumped together, of course, and some decidedly have more merit than others.
Reciting Shir HaShirim/Perek Shira/Karbanos HaNissim for forty days, sponsoring Torah study, saying Shir HaMaalos in Elokai Netzor, praying at the kever of the Zviller Rebbe Monday/Thursday/Monday, davening at Amukah, davening for someone else's yeshuah, making/taking challah, lighting Shabbos licht, saying the whole Sefer Tehillim, getting a bracha from a rebbe, partaking from sheva brachos wine, giving money for hachnassas kallah, etc. maybe are all (mostly?) worthy pursuits, but do they directly affect whether you will find your zivug soon?
Perhaps they're hishtadlus, and some are legitimate mitzvos and worthy of their own accord, but like all hishtadlus, you "put in" one place and the yeshuah comes from another. At the end of the day, there isn't really any one thing we can do that will ensure we will receive a yeshuah. However, I do know that life is about our relationship with G-d, and tefillah is one great medium to work on that. Make fun of segulos all you want, but a time when our davening gets where it's going a little bit easier is an occasion we should not pass up.
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