Get the joke?

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This coming שבת -ר"ח -שקלים  we will be reading from three different ספרי תורה. Some claim, in the name of one of the Gerer Rebbes to have quoted from the ספר היכלות that on a day when 3 ספרי תורה are  taken out of the ארון הקדש there is a special סגולה during פתיחת הארון to have all your תפילות for your needs & wants to be accepted. I checked the entire ספר היכלות* and there is no mention of 3 ספרי תורה or any such סגולה etc. As far as I know, this סגולה has no מקור. It was probably made up by one of the Chasidic Rebbes. based on a פסוק in יחזקאל מ""ו  כֹּה אָמַר ה' - שַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר -- יִהְיֶה סָגוּר שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה, וּבְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת יִפָּתֵחַ וּבְיוֹם הַחֹדֶשׁ יִפָּתֵחַ.  Not only are the gates of the Bais Hamikdash opened on Shabbos or on Rosh Chodesh but also, the gates of heaven are opened, especially when we have both, Shabbos & Rosh Chodesh. (and even more so when we also have פרשת שקלים) Someone likely asked where to find this סגולה and jokingly got told it's in a (nonexistent sefer) ספר היכלות a ספר on הלכות ארון הקדש. The term היכל is used for ארון הקדש. As the זהר פ' נשא says, הכל תלוי במזל אפילו ס"ת שבהיכל, Even today, Sefardim call an aron kodesh a היכל. Hence the confusion of those who mistakenly believe the מקור is in the original ספר היכלות which is מיוחס להתנא ר' ישמעאל *The entire Sefer has only 20 pages https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=41146&pgnum=1

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