You've probably seen them around just about everywhere: the symbol of a hand with an eye at the center rendered in jewelry, home decor, serving pieces, tattoos, keychains, and more. But what actually ...

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The hamsa is a common symbol used across the Middle East as a good luck sign. Originating in Ancient Egypt probably, it is used to bring in prosperity and to ward off evil. The word hamsa means five ...

If you're not familiar with the hamsa or the traditions surrounding the sacred symbol, you'd be forgiven for not quite making out what you're looking at. Is it a flower of some sort? An elephant with ...

As fashionable talismanic symbols go, it's up there with the evil eye. Dangling from ears, adorning rings, worn as a pendant, even at the end of a keychain, the hamsa — a symbol in the shape of a hand ...

(JTA) — I tend to get to Israel every two or three years, and every time I come home with a hamsa. The latest, which I picked up in May (along with a case of COVID — another story) is a lovely teal ...

I prefer to think of the hamsa as a wonderfully ecumenical symbol. The hand is a blank canvas on which artists can project their own meaning. (JTA) — I tend to get to Israel every two or three years, ...