How Is This Segulah Different Than Other Segulos? Thinking About Zera Shimshon
Even Artscroll was running an advertising campaign for it a while ago, connected with its publication of related works by a well known storyteller, R. Nachman Seltzer (volume one and volume two).
That surprised me, as I didn’t recall that publishing house hawking segulos in such a manner in the past. In my mind, Artscroll was run, generally, broadly speaking, in a Litvishe way, especially under its founder, R. Meir Zlotowitz z”l, in which tradition such things are not stressed.
Keep in mind as well that זרע שמשון is just one of a number of works that are considered segulos. There are other seforim of which it is reported that their authors promised benefits to those who learned and/or printed them too.
Now let’s be clear about something. Zera Shimshon is a precious sefer. That is not disputed.
However, there is a danger that people will concentrate on a segulah, as a type of magic, placing excessive faith in it. And that is religiously problematic.
And, perhaps more importantly, learning any type of Torah is a great thing and a segulah.
If people feel connected to a certain part of Torah, that is where they should learn, as discussed here in the past.