Timeline for Is it appropriately Jewish to use Psalms as a form of talisman?
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 15:21 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 8:54 | vote | accept | Ron Maimon | ||
| Oct 16, 2015 at 15:20 | answer | added | mevaqesh | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 3:32 | vote | accept | Ron Maimon | ||
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| Aug 1, 2014 at 21:35 | comment | added | JJLL | There are ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that their prayers and studying "protects" the IDF and Israel as a whole. I understand that some haredi rabbi's have even ignored the "help" of the Iron Shield, instead attributing the fewer than expected casualties to their Torah intervention. So Ron, the answer to your post may be yes given how much credence you place on the effect of prayer and study. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 17:39 | answer | added | user6641 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 16:32 | history | edited | msh210♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 7:57 | comment | added | Ron Maimon | @sam: That's what I thought too. Unfortunately,this is not what I hear from the religious folks here. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 6:56 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackJudaism/status/494738350918873088 | ||
| Jul 31, 2014 at 2:55 | history | edited | msh210♦ |
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 0:05 | comment | added | sam | I don't know who these youths are,either they don't know what they are talking about,or you misunderstood their intentions.During war tgere are certain psalms which are said which discuss enemies of Israel and times of suffering ,by saying these specific psalms we hope to arouse HaShems mercy.But no one is relying on the psalms themselves,when ppl say it they say it with intention and pleading ,not just some mystic readings. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 23:37 | comment | added | Ron Maimon | I wouldn't call it magic either, if the prayers were not offered as a quid-pro-quo. I mean, certain prayers are appropriate to certain situations. But here it seemed to claim to be a recipe for direct supernatural protection of soldiers in a secular conflict, not as a way of getting guidance, or making right-action in the world. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 23:36 | comment | added | sam | There are certain prayers which help for certain situations and certain formulas used by our forefathers who knew how to pray and what arouses mercy ,I would not call it magic | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 23:31 | history | asked | Ron Maimon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |