Early Parchment Amulet for Protection of the Home – Customarily...
Early Parchment Amulet for Protection of the Home – Customarily Given by Rabbi Yeshayah of Kerestir and the Yismach Moshe
Early amulet for protection of the home, customarily given by R. Yeshayah (Yeshayale) Steiner of Kerestir, the Yismach Moshe and other rebbes. [Europe, ca. late 19th century].
Stam script on piece of parchment.
The book Mofet HaDor about R. Yeshayah of Kerestir notes that most amulets he would give followed this formula. It further tells of a Jewish store which was miraculously saved from being set on fire by a non-Jewish competitor, through such an amulet received from R. Yeshayah of Kerestir. See there two photographs of such amulets.
The book Elef Ketav (by R. Yitzchak Weiss of Vrbové, section 515) interprets this amulet: the first line contains the initials of two verses of protections from Tehillim (122:7 and 91:10), alternating; the second verse contains the initials of a verse of protection from Bereshit (19:1).
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Yismach Moshe, would give amulets containing this text for protection of the home from thieves and destructive forces. A photograph of a similar amulet written by the Yismach Moshe and given by his grandson the Yitav Lev to his attendant R. Meir Schwartz appears in Nachalat Tzvi (XVI, pp. 126-127), where it is related that when the Divrei Yoel of Satmar came to Eretz Israel, he went specially to view that amulet and took pleasure in it. Similar amulets were later given by the rebbes of Sanz, Belz, Ruzhin, Sighet and Liska. Likewise, R. Hillel of Kolomyia, in his book Teshuvot Beit Hillel HeChadash (section 32) recommends placing this amulet at every entrance of a new house for a period of time, to protect the household members from harm.
77X20 mm. Mounted on card, 98X40 mm. Good condition. Ink slightly faded and cracked.
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Early Parchment Amulet for Protection of the Home – Customarily Given by Rabbi Yeshayah of Kerestir and the Yismach Moshe
Early amulet for protection of the home, customarily given by R. Yeshayah (Yeshayale) Steiner of Kerestir, the Yismach Moshe and other rebbes. [Europe, ca. late 19th century].
Stam script on piece of parchment.
The book Mofet HaDor about R. Yeshayah of Kerestir notes that most amulets he would give followed this formula. It further tells of a Jewish store which was miraculously saved from being set on fire by a non-Jewish competitor, through such an amulet received from R. Yeshayah of Kerestir. See there two photographs of such amulets.
The book Elef Ketav (by R. Yitzchak Weiss of Vrbové, section 515) interprets this amulet: the first line contains the initials of two verses of protections from Tehillim (122:7 and 91:10), alternating; the second verse contains the initials of a verse of protection from Bereshit (19:1).
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Yismach Moshe, would give amulets containing this text for protection of the home from thieves and destructive forces. A photograph of a similar amulet written by the Yismach Moshe and given by his grandson the Yitav Lev to his attendant R. Meir Schwartz appears in Nachalat Tzvi (XVI, pp. 126-127), where it is related that when the Divrei Yoel of Satmar came to Eretz Israel, he went specially to view that amulet and took pleasure in it. Similar amulets were later given by the rebbes of Sanz, Belz, Ruzhin, Sighet and Liska. Likewise, R. Hillel of Kolomyia, in his book Teshuvot Beit Hillel HeChadash (section 32) recommends placing this amulet at every entrance of a new house for a period of time, to protect the household members from harm.
77X20 mm. Mounted on card, 98X40 mm. Good condition. Ink slightly faded and cracked.
