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Head Yenta talks about his Grandmother, Ruth Feinstein, who passed away in 1986, and always wore a filigreed gold hamsa “for luck."
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JudaicaWebstore has a new shirt on sale, with a Hamsa hand motif and The Yiddish expression kinainahara - to ward off the evil eye.
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The Evil eye is called Nazar in Hindi and pronounced najar by Trinis. The process of exorcising najar is called jhaaraying. It is performed by a pandit and involves the chanting of mantras accompanied by the blowing of breath on the person or stroking the face and head with the hands or the body with peacock feathers or fresh cocoyea broom sticks.
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The animal Rescue Site is selling Turkish Evil Eye magnets. It can hold bills, "to-do lists," and report cards to fridges, file cabinets, or any other metallic surfaces.
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