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א. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִבְכּוֹת, יִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הָרָקִיעַ, כִּי הוּא גָּרַם בְּכִיָּה לַמַּיִם. A person who cannot bring himself to cry should gaze at the firmament, because it was the firmament that caused the waters to cry [by separating between the lower and upper waters of Creation].
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ב. הַבְּכִיָּה מְבַטֵּל הִרְהוּרֵי זְנוּת. Crying nullifies immoral thoughts.
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ג. סְגֻלָּה לְחוֹלֵי הַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁיִּבְכֶּה עַל חֻרְבַּן הַבֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ. Crying over the destruction of the Holy Temple is a segulah for healing a neck ailment.