Quoting%20commentary for Chullin 190:40
כתב שדר ליה עיבורא דשיתין שני
It was taught: R'Simeon B'Eleazar says: Although a house or a child or a marriage must not be used for divination, they may be taken as a sign.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a man's first undertaking immediately after a great day in his life, such as the building of a house, the birth of a child or his marriage, proves to be successful, he may regard it as suspicious and as a prognostic of success, and may view cheerfully all future undertakings of a similar nature. If, on the other hand, it proves to be unsuccessful, he should in the future view similar undertakings with apprehension. To place implicit faith and absolute reliance upon the outcome of the first undertaking is forbidden by the Torah as augury and divination (v. Lev. XIX, 26) . One may, nevertheless, regard it as an indication of the future.');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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