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  • January 29, 2017 9:31 pm at 9:31 pm #619119
    Litvos
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    January 29, 2017 9:35 pm at 9:35 pm #1213085
    Litvos
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    I forgot to mention that on the front it’s inscribed the Hebrew word chai (??).

    January 29, 2017 10:25 pm at 10:25 pm #1213086
    Redleg
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    The Hamsa seems to be a general middle east/arab symbol that has been adopted by Jews. I don’t know what, if any Kabalistic significance it has.

    P.S. The hamsa is a flower, a lily, not a hand with two thumbs.

    January 30, 2017 7:26 am at 7:26 am #1213087
    WinnieThePooh
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    It is not a religious item, and the word Chai has no religious meaning. It means life, so it is symbolic.

    It is used among Sephardim as a good-luck charm to ward off the evil eye, of Araba/Moslem origin. There are Ashkenazic Rabbis who say it should not be used, but it is fairly common among Sephardic Jews.

    January 30, 2017 9:05 pm at 9:05 pm #1213088
    Litvos
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    It makes more sense now as I know the woman is a Sephardic Jew.

    January 31, 2017 9:58 am at 9:58 am #1213089
    Litvos
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    I will give it someone else as a gift as I find it to be stemming from avodah zara roots. Do you agree?

    February 1, 2017 3:56 am at 3:56 am #1213090
    ☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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    If you really think it’s avodah zara, shouldn’t you destroy it?

    February 1, 2017 4:16 am at 4:16 am #1213091
    Litvos
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    The problem is I am not sure if it is. I will talk to the rabbi before I do anything.

    February 1, 2017 4:57 am at 4:57 am #1213092
    lakewhut
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    It’s not Avodah Zara. There is a source for it. It’s not yeshivish, but it has a basis.

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