Evil Eye Hamsa Hand Necklace on MostOriginal.com
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
The fact is, Jews love jewelry – no that is not why Jews are called Jews, nor why jewelry is called jewelry. All religions, races and creeds love their own styles and crafts, especially in the medium of jewelry. But Jews really really love their jewelry. I am NOT kidding.
So, as a result, as you can imagine, Jewish jewelry is a field which is very much in high demand. It developed over the years while Jewish motifs spread from ritual articles to decorative jewelry.
Today many Jewish men and women wear this form of jewelry as a means to express their identification with Judaism and their admiration for talented artistry as can be seen on http://www.mostoriginal.com/
The recent resurgence of Kabbalah into popular culture has increased the demand for such spiritual jewelry. The most popular items found, decorated with Jewish motifs are mainly pendants, chains, bracelets and earrings. But know this: there are no limitations, artistic or otherwise. This very special Jewish connection may be integrated into all types of jewelry.
Proudly wearing these items helps keep Judaism and Israel closer to your heart and strengthens your spiritual bond with both.
Jewelry in the Jewish tradition goes back as far as the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. In order to woo Rebektah to Yitzhak, for example, Abraham gave his servant jewelry to give to the maiden – namely a gold nose ring (as well as other jewelry of gold and silver).
How about, Numbers 31:48, which talks about Israel's battle with the Midianites:
"Then the officers who were over the units of the army --the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds --went to Moses and said to him, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing. So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired --armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces --to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."
In the Jew's Exodus from Egypt, and King Solomon's relationship with the beautiful queen of Ethiopoia, Sheba, there is more talk of jewelry.
The connection is not hard to make between Jews and jewelry.
MostOriginal is an e-store where you can find any piece of Jewish-related jewelry imaginable and beyond! MostOriginal brings you selected works from a collection of artists working in a variety of materials and with different mediums. They encourage artists to submit their work on http://www.mostoriginal.com/
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