"Sold to me in the Old City": Is it permissible to tie a red thread on the wrist?
Rabbi Shai Tahan was asked about the binding of red thread and replied: "Unfortunately, there are many scammers of all kinds, although in the case of the red thread our rabbis have already discussed the conditions in the appendix."
The full explanation inside
Aryeh Zamir, in collaboration with Shuva Israel
06/02/2022
Sunday, 06 February 2022, 10:49 Updated: 10:53
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Many times, in our daily lives, halakhic questions and topical doubts float.
Rabbi Shai Tahan, head of the Shaare Ezra Kollel and head of the Arazi Lebanon Teaching House, makes the laws accessible to us and answers questions asked in and out of the beit midrash.
And today: a red thread binding on the wrist.
Question:
I was recently in the Old City of Jerusalem and someone sold me a red thread so I could wrap it around my hand.
He told me that it has wonderful qualities and sublime things.
When I got home everyone laughed at me and now I'm confused.
Should I tie this thread or better not?
Answer:
It is usually not advisable to be persuaded to buy everything we are offered since unfortunately there are many scammers of all kinds, although in the case of the red thread our rabbis have already discussed the conditions in the Tosefta (the Tosefta is a collection of sages that were not included in the Mishnayot): The Emory.
And Rabbi Elazar Bar Tzadok says that this is from the ways of the Amorites "(Shabbat 8: 4). Letter AA) wrote that it is common in the mouths of the elders of our people, that a red appearance is capable of expelling things that cause the evil eye.
And although some forbade it because this was the practice of the Gentiles and this thing is called 'the ways of the Amorites', yet the Rashba (C. Kesu) and Rabbi Hida (Shiuri Bracha Siman Kat') have already written that we do not forbid because of the ways of the Amorites but the same things that the Gemara forbids only And since this thing was mentioned only in the Tosefta it is not to be felt,
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