Just heard a lecture on yutorah.org from R Hershel Schachter on segulos and
superstitions.
He called this shlissel challah minhag "ridiculous", a
violation of nichush, and told his wife not to "dare" do it.
I really like your blog, because it gets to the bottom of why I am so
bothered by the Shlisel Challah thing.
I've got 2 great segulas for
parnassah:
1) Work
2) Be honest!!
My distaste for Shlisel Chalah is
definitely compounded by the ridiculously unhealthy attitude towards work in the
yeshiva world. In all my years in yeshiva I must have heard hundreds of Mussar
Shmoozen about the severity of 2 minutes of Bitul Torah, but I cant recall 1
that dealt with the importance of integrity in business.