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Anger advice is only for men?

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The Shlah says that when someone feels himself getting angry, he should hold the corner of his tzitzis and that will calm him down.

Is there any similar advice for [most] women (as they don't wear tzitzis)?

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On a simple level, one can say that this particular segula applies only to those who wear Tzitzit. There are other mystical pieces of advice given to help one overcome anger, including what Shelah himself writes there (commentary to Yoma, Derech Chaim Tochachat Mussar 192) in the name of the Ari z"l to focus on a particular name of Hashem (see there for details).


However, one can provide a couple of alternate options for non-Tzitzit wearers who wish to take advantage of this segula.

  1. The Shelah himself (same source) seems to write primarily of the notion of holding the corner of one's garment, and adds that Tzitzit cause the Shechinah to descend/rest on a person, so one should include the Tzitzit in their grasp. However, the main point seems to be the action of grabbing the corner of one's garment. (It could be argued that this is a physical action to restrain oneself.) Thus, even one not wearing Tzitzit may grab the corner of a garment they are wearing to fulfill this segula.

  2. When citing this idea, the Kaf Hachaim (Orach Chaim 24:25, my rough translation) writes:

וכתב קיצור של״ה בדיני ציצית בהגהה דף ט״ל ע״ד: בהסתכלות בכנף הציצית, טוב להסיר הכעס, וכן כנף בגימטריא כעס, עכ״ל

And the Kitzur Shelah wrote in the Laws of Tzitzit, in a comment on page 39d: "Looking at the corner of the Tzitzit is helpful to remove anger, and the word kanaf [Hebrew for corner] has the same numerical value as ka'as [Hebrew for anger]."

It seems from here that even if one is not wearing Tzitzit, they may look at another's Tzitzit to accomplish the same goal of calming themselves.

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