
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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Categories: Incantations & Amulets, Home, Theurgy
Tags: 19th century C.E., קמעות kame'ot, 56th century A.M., Epidemic, Asiatic Cholera, Pandemic, ברכת הבית birkat habayit, קמעות amulets, Needing Attribution
The Birkat Habayit is perhaps the most popular blessing in the Jewish world, appearing as a hanging amulet inside the entrance of many houses of Jews of all streams. I have added niqud to the blessing and I am very grateful to Gabriel Wasserman for his corrections to my vocalization. . . .
A prayer on entering a new habitation or dedication for a new home by Rabbi Isaac Henry Myers of Ramsgate. . . .

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט״ו בכסלו ה׳תשפ״א (2020-11-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Incantations & Amulets, Home, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Theurgy
Tags: Angels, Late Antiquity, prophylactic, קמעות kame'ot, infants, Angelic Protection, prayers concerning children, apotropaic prayers of protection, entering magical territory, prayers for pregnant women, amulet bowls, epical narrative as ward, cold iron, iron in folklore, historiola, Angels of Healing
A very old tale told for the protection of pregnant women and their infant children as found in amulets from late Antiquity. . . .

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene and Dalia Marx
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Categories: Incantations & Amulets, Bedtime Shema, Home
Tags: Angels, prophylactic, Angelic Protection, שכינה Shekhinah, mid-first millennium CE, apotropaic prayers of protection, קמעות amulets, amulet bowls
The text and translation of an amulet bowl discussed in “‘Gabriel is on their Right’: Angelic Protection in Jewish Magic and Babylonian Lore” by Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, and Siam Bharyo in Studia Mesopotamica (Band 1: 2014) pp.185-198. The apotropaic ward found in the amulet bowl, SD 12, contains an “angels on all sides” formula similar to that appearing in the Jewish liturgy of the bedtime shema. . . .

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), James Alan Montgomery (translation) and Richard Gottheil (transcription)
Shared on כ״ז באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Incantations & Amulets, Home, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
Tags: prophylactic, קמעות kame'ot, infants, Angelic Protection, prayers concerning children, apotropaic prayers of protection, entering magical territory, prayers for pregnant women, amulet bowls, epical narrative as ward, historiola, Angels of Healing
An apotropaic ward for the protection of women in their pregnancy and of infant children against an attack from Lilith and her minions, containing the story witnessing her oath to the prophet, Eliyahu along with one variation of her many names. . . .
A popular prophylactic amulet in the event of an epidemic. . . .
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