Abracadabra: Israel Museum exhibit explores Jewish magic
A new exhibition features rare artifacts, including the earliest known instance of the Shema prayer used in a Jewish amulet.
Manuscript of practical Kabbalah. Ukraine, ca. 1740, handwritten ink on paper. From the Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv(photo credit: ELIE POSNER/THE ISRAEL MUSEUM)ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE