Timeline for Is hamsa allowed?
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| Nov 23, 2012 at 3:37 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | @sam As far I as remember the Hida doesn't actually to make the Hamsa rather just that the number five has significance in regards in Ayin Hara. | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 0:53 | comment | added | sam | The Ben Ish Chai brings the Chida as the source. | |
| Apr 1, 2012 at 3:15 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | @YaakovKuperman והדבר צריך עיון... | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 22:34 | comment | added | Yaakov Kuperman | The updated answer does not address the pagan issue. If something is a religious symbol of pagans, that is quite distinct from monotheistic Muslims. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 18:15 | history | edited | msh210♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2012 at 17:55 | history | edited | Hacham Gabriel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2012 at 15:40 | comment | added | Yaakov Kuperman | @Hacham Gabriel Maybe nobody's presented the question in light of the fact that we now know for certain that it has non-Jewish and potentially pagan origins? Are there any tshuvos dealing explicitly with this issue? | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 15:00 | history | edited | Hacham Gabriel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2012 at 4:02 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | @ArielK no because I don't see Posekim that are Oser it. | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 3:54 | comment | added | Ariel K | do u mean elu v'elu? | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 3:38 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | @ArielK sounds like a case of "Lo Bashamayim Hi" | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 20:12 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | @ArielK I also asked Rav Meir Elyahu Shelit"a about this BTW- and he said it was okay. And to answer your question: no, but this isn't the same thing. | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 20:12 | comment | added | Ariel K | While this case isn't actual avodah zara, so there's no mesis or anything here, it is in the realm of that issur and must be treated stringently. | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 20:11 | comment | added | Ariel K | Q: If a posek or navi tells you to do avodah zara and they say "this is the minhag, kach yafeh lanu", what should you do? | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 19:10 | vote | accept | Dima | ||
| Jan 9, 2012 at 19:10 | comment | added | Hacham Gabriel | Yeah...but there aren't any poskim who allow doing that. Here we have an actual Posek who allows it. | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 18:44 | comment | added | Ariel K | I don't think once can just wave "minhag mevatel halacha" at any prohibition, definitely not idolatrous ones. Many Jews drive on shabbos nowadays, and there were times when many Jews worshipped avodah zara, but the issur does not just disappear. | |
| Jan 9, 2012 at 18:21 | history | edited | msh210♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2012 at 18:10 | history | answered | Hacham Gabriel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |