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A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
On 7 October 2023, Noa Argamani (Hebrew: נועה ארגמני), an Israeli woman, was abducted by Hamas during the Re'im music festival massacre, part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. In one of the first Hamas videos released of the massacre, she was seen being taken away on a motorcycle as she yelled, "Don't kill me!" Her arms were ...
“The hamsa is one of the oldest Jewish symbols, with imagery found on ancient Israelite tombs dating back to the 8th century BCE,” Rabbi Judy Greenfeld says. “The hamsa with the evil eye is ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Naama Levy נעמה לוי Born (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20) Israel Nationality Israeli Occupation IDF spotter Known for Abduction during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel Naama Levy (born 22 June 2004) is an Israeli soldier serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On the morning of 7 ...
Isaac is a name, while Hamsa is a name and word (in Arabic). It's not a valid comparison. There's plenty of sources, in the article, saying that the Hebrew Hamsa was traditionally transmitted by Arab Jews. You didn't get my point. Hamsa in Arabic means the number "five", which is where the tradition came from (five fingers).
Abu Sa’id b. al-Mu’alla told me: The apostle had said in his illness of which he was to die when Umm Bishr d. al-Bara came to visit him, ‘O Umm Bishr, this is the time in which I feel a deadly pain from what I ate with your brother [sic.] at Khaybar.’ The Muslims considered that the apostle had died as a martyr in addition to the ...
Jewish customs of etiquette, known simply as Derekh Eretz (Hebrew: דרך ארץ, lit. ' way of the land '), [a] or what is a Hebrew idiom used to describe etiquette, is understood as the order and manner of conduct of man in the presence of other men; [1] [2] being a set of social norms drawn from the world of human interactions.
Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, 2012 The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím , lit. ' shawl-wearing women ' ) is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of ...