R. Yeivi once became very ill. His daughter Yente ran to R. Pinchas Koritzer asking that he should make a Pidyon Nefesh¹ of Names.²

R. Pinchas responded: R’ Yeivi’s soul is higher than all these souls – thus he does need such Segulos.³

He did however advise that he should eat a dish made of buckwheat and he will become healthy. 

R. Yeivi did not like buckwheat, so they leveled an accusation against him in Heaven that he didn’t eat it. 

So they cooked a dish from buckwheat for R. Yeivi and he recovered. 

I.F.

Kinever Rebbe

1. Literally: ransom of the soul. A Pidyon Nefesh is usually  a sum of money one donates to charity as a way of securing Divine favor and mitigating misfortune.
2. For more information about this practice, see, for example, https://ravbenayahu.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%95-%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%A9/, https://www.hidabroot.org/article/1126461 https://kingdavidkabbalah.com/product/pidyon-nefesh/.
3. Supernatural cure, folk remedy, good luck charm.