In Judaism, it is believed that saying ‘Hamsa Hamsa Hamsa’ (meaning ‘Five’ in Arabic) wards off the evil powers. It is similar to the phrase ‘Touchwood’ in western countries. That’s why they wear this symbol of hand with five fingers as protection from negative forces. It is an...
The symbol of the hand, and often of priestly hands, appears in kabbalistic manuscripts and amulets, doubling as the lettershin, the first letter of the divine nameShaddai.This mapping of the human hand over the divine name and hand might have had the effect of creating a bridge between the...
The Hamsa is a symbol of good luck in the Muslim and Jewish, but also Christian culture of the region. The name hamsa (חַמְסָה ) comes from the Arabic word khamsa خمسة and from the Hebrew word hamesh חמש , both meaning ‘five’. In ...
5. The Jewish communities possessed the right to levy taxes upon their members (this is the meaning of the word αὐτοτελής as applied to the Jewry in Alexandria) to defray the common expenses, especially in connection with the maintenance of the synagogue. Details as to the ...
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Trump won McLennan County by more than 20 percentage points in 2020 – has every right, of course, to host a former president, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, but “Waco,” the symbol, like “Philadelphia, Miss.,” the symbol, means something else ...
Recently, I was asked whether there is any potential relationship between the Kabbalah and the theology of Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983), the founder of JewishReconstructionism. This article provides a brief discussion of Kaplan's naturalistic theology and its relationship to theLurianicsymbol ofTikkun...
He holds that Judaism has acclimatized itself everywhere; that Zion is only a symbol of its own and mankind's future; that in this sense the word is used in the prayer-book of the Synagogue, and that true Zionism can not be separated from the future of humanity. In a similar spirit ...
Indeed, it might be argued that because Israel is essentially a secular state, whose founding was inspired by the secular ideology of Zionism, it has served as a unifying symbol for Jews throughout the world. This survey, as NJPS 1990, sought to explore the extent to which American Jews ...
Snowflakes could be a wonderful seasonal Hanukkah symbol, as no two are alike. You can even make “Hanukkah Snowflakes” out of colorful paper and use them to decorate the house. And if Hanukkah happens to fall on a snowy day, take a walk outside and really look at the snowflakes that ...