Diamond Jewelry

  • Wearing of amulets and devotional medals to provide protection or ward off evil is humdrum in some cultures; these may take the form of symbols (such as the ankh), stones, plants, animals, frame parts (such as the Khamsa), or glyphs (such as stylized versions of the Throne Stanza in Islamic art).

Another in vogue symbol fanatic in Jewish jewellery is the Hamsa, also admitted as the "Hamesh hand". The Hamsa appears often in a stylized form, as a hand with three fingers raised, and sometimes with two thumbs arranged symmetrically. Its five fingers are said to symbolize the five books if the Torah. The symbol is fond for protection and as a mean to ward of the Evil eye in amulets and charms and can also be found in changeable places such as home entrances and cars. It is also frequent to accommodation other symbols in the medium of the Hamsa that are believed to Diamond Jewelry remedy against the corrupt eye such as fish, eyes and the Star of David. The colour blue, or bounteous specifically lambent blue, is also considered guardian against the bad eye and we could see crowded Hamsas in that colour or with embedded gemstones in different shades of blue. Hamsas are often decorated with Jewish prayers of a defensive fashion such as the Sh'ma Prayer, the Birkat HaBayit (Blessing for the Home), or the Tefilat HaDerech (Traveler's Prayer).