Video Study for Parsha Vayetzei

[muman613]

Yes, but who wrote it, where does the theory come from? Is it a book?

The Shulchan Aruch (The Set Table) is a book of Jewish Law...

http://www.torah.org/advanced/shulchan-aruch/

    

The Shulchan Aruch ("Set Table") is a compendium of those areas of the halachah -- Jewish religious law -- that are applicable today. It was composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo of Safed (Israel) in the 1560's, and became generally accepted as authoritative after Rabbi Moshe Isserls of Cracow (Poland) supplemented it in the 1570's with notes (known as the Mappah - "Tablecloth") giving the rulings followed by Ashkenazic Jews.

[Israel Chai]

I never said that one should trust in amulets. I said that the Talmud most certainly discusses the amulet and whether it is permissible to move them on Shabbat.

Obviously everything in the Jewish world-view revolves around Hashems Hashgacha Pratis (Divine providence) and his involvement with the world. But the way he works in this world is through actions which we do.

I bring the Mezuzah which is a physical box containing the portions also contained in the Tefillin. Through our observing this commandment, Hashem promises us the merit of being protected from evil. So in this way it is similar to an amulet. But as you point out it is not any power of the amulet which is involved, but rather the fact that we did as Hashem commanded.

The Mezuzah has Torah in it. It clearly states G-d a bunch of times. The amulet is a little charm that does nothing.

[muman613]

The Mezuzah has Torah in it. It clearly states G-d a bunch of times. The amulet is a little charm that does nothing.

The amulets of the Talmud do include Hashems name, in combinations according to mystical sources.

There is a Jewish law concerning the disposal of these amulets in a way which would prevent desecration of the name.

Anyway, amulets is off topic for this thread. Maybe if you want to talk about amulets we could move it to the Mezuzah thread I started the other day...