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Kabalists believe that through connecting to the bright white Light of holy persons, such as Rachel, we can pray for and freely use their powerful influence to assist us. According to Kabalah, Rachel represents the physical world in which we live. It is her greatest desire to protect and defend all of her children from evil. When we tie The Kabalah Red String to the left wrist, while reciting the powerful Ben Porat prayer on the supplied pamphlet, we seal her powerful protective energy in our auras as it intercepts all of the negative influences and forces intended to cause us harm.
May the positive energy of Rachel bring you luck, love, and prosperity.
Rachel's Red String is a perfect gift for anyone your parents, brother, sister, friend, or even a colleague from the office? Send the red string to someone you care about - protect them and yourself from the "Evil Eye".

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History
The practice of using The Red String as a protective amulet dates back centuries. Ancient sages developed the custom of encircling the Tomb of Rachel with Red String while in a deep meditated state to absorb some of her positive energy and protective powers. Rachel The Matriarch is The Essential Mother, her selfless devotion to children and humanity teach us lessons in humility and the power of positivism.
Evil Eye
The sages believe wearing The Red String acts as a protective tool against the "Evil Eye". The "Evil Eye" manifests itself in the negative looks and bad intentions of others that surround us. These negative feelings can distract us from listening to ourselves and allow our ego to rule our existence. By focusing our energy inward it allows us to reflect internally, inspiring good deeds, which protects us from evil and guides us to a more spiritually fulfilled existence.
The Red String In Modern Day
many people have been spotted wearing a red string. Some have reported the String’s ability to find soul mates, eliminate stress, and stimulate well being.

For centuries, Rachel The Matriarch's Tomb has been alive with the power and prayers of those who seek her protection and inner peace. Rachel is the essential mother. Like Rachel, the role of matriarchs such as, Mother Nature and The Madonna is to protect her children from harm and shield them from evil.
Rachel's Red String is no ordinary bracelet. It has encircled her tomb and received special blessings at the holy site. May the protective powers that have been absorbed in this string shield you from the evil eye and guide you towards spiritual fulfillment.
1. Close your eyes and meditate, focusing on the positive energy deep within your soul.
2. Cut a piece of string that is long enough to encircle your wrist one time.
3. Have a trusted friend or loved one tie the string on your left wrist while reciting the verse below.
4. Wear the string until it wears out or falls off on its own (this packet contains enough string for 5-7 bracelets).
5. While wearing the red string, focus you attentions on bettering yourself and seeing the beauty and miracles in life.

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The Red String: A Bracelet for Blessings.

According to tradition, a red string is wound around the stone marker over Rachel's grave seven times, while reciting various Hebrew prayers. Including Psalm 33, the mystical prayer Ana B'Koach and Asher Yatzar. The string is then cut into bracelet size lengths and is worn on the left hand as a symbolic request for spiritual and physical protection and blessings.

No one actually knows how or exactly when the custom of wearing a red string began. But we do know that every detail contains deep significance.

The Concept of Rachel according to Kabalah

The name Rachel is related to the Hebrew word, rachil, meaning "a lamb" or "sheep." A lamb stands still while it is being sheared. This symbolizes humility. The lesson is that we must humble ourselves before G-d like a lamb before its master.

Rachel Emeinu (Our Mother) also represents the World of Speech. It represents another form of humility, in that speech has no "power" in and of itself. It merely reveals the thought of the one who is speaking. So too, we should submit ourselves to the Will of G-d.

The Ideals of Rachel

Just as Rachel did not envy Leah's good fortune (only her good deeds), similarly we pray that no one envy our success. Just as Rachel prayed for children and was answered, we pray that the childless be blessed with children. And just Rachel was cured of her affliction, so too may the ill be returned to good health.

The Concept of a String and the Color Red

Every morning, "a thread of grace prevails" and G-d renews the world for another day. The string symbolizes that "thread of grace."

While the Hebrew word for "red," adom, emphasizes the unique relationship between man and his Creater. For example, adom is related to many words such as adama "earth, dam, "blood," adam "man," and Adam HaElyon, "Supernal man." Red also reminds us of teshuva, the need to return to G-d by improving our ways, as the sages say, "If your sins be as crimson, they will be as white as snow."

Seven Times and the Left Hand

The "seven times" correspond to seven days of the week, symbolizing the need for G-d's constant protection. It also symbolizes the seven emotional attributes, the seven times a bride encircles a groom, and the seven G-dly emanations (sefirot). It may also recall the merit of the seven Holy Shepherds responsible for bringing the Divine Presence down to Earth.

It is also known that the left heart is full of blood and is home to the Nefesh, the vitalizing animal soul in a person. Wearing the string around the left hand reminds the person of the "battle" that must be waged against one's selfish urges.

Psalm 33

The number 33 correlates to the concept of the teshuva, as the Talmud (Sanhedrin 103a) states that the wicked King Menashe repented for 33 years and G-d received him." We also find that the 33rd day between Passover and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) is a time that is associated with elevation and situations changing for the better.

The Psalm itself consists of three parts: an introduction, a middle part consisting of seven "sections" of recognition, and a conclusion thanking and praising G-d for his deliverance. Full Text of the Psalm

Ana B'Koach:
This mystical poem consists of seven lines with six words per line. The total of 42 words corresponds to one of the Holy Names of G-d. The initial letters of each word also refer to this Holy Name. Interestingly, the Jewish people made 42 stops on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. Each step represented another step on the ladder of holiness. According to the founder of the Chassidic movement, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, each individual must make the same spiritual journey during his/her lifetime. Perhaps saying this mystical poem is a way of asking for G-d's assistance and protection during these 42 stages of one's life. Full Text of Ana B'Koach

Ana B'Koach in English
We implore You by the great power of Your right hand, release the captive. Accept the prayer of Your people; strengthen us, purify us, Awesome One. Mighty One, we beseech You, guard as the apple of the eye those who seek Your Oneness. Bless them, cleanse them; bestow upon them forever Your merciful righteousness. Powerful, Holy One, in our abounding goodness, guide Your congregation. Only and Exalted One, turn to Your people who are mindful of Your holiness. Accept our supplication and hear our cry, You who know secret thoughts.

Wearing the Red String

As you can see from all this, the Red String Bracelet is a means, rather than an end. It serves as a channel to help awaken in ourselves and in the One Above our desire for connection and protection. Wearing the Red String signals your intention to open yourself up to receive G-d's blessings by trying to become a better person, by performing acts of goodness and kindness, and by remembering that humility is not only an attribute of G-d, its the sign of a G-dly person. Finally, wearing the Red String signals your belief in the righteous merit of our Rachel Emeinu (Our Mother).

Good luck and may all your requests for blessings be fulfilled

Sources for the custom of the Red String

Debriziner Rav... Respona Be'er Moshe, Volume 8 Section 36:

The Debriziner Rav was asked is there a source for the custom to tie a red thread on a child and the child's carriage to ward off the evil eye.

The Debriziner Rav responded: "This has been the custom, and everyone engaged in it. Likewise, they were careful to tie a red thread on the carriage or on the crib of the infant for protection against the evil eye. All these three customs are included in the 'customs of the elderly women', which upon them the Rashbah (one of the greatest of the early Halachic authorities) wrote: One must not denigrate their words and customs because their (words and customs) are certainly founded upon the 'hills of sanctity'. Even if the reason is concealed from us."

Yesod Likra Ohel Rachel Imenu authored by the Apter Rava (Abraham Yehoshua Heschel, known as the Ohav Yisroel ... page 220:

"In the Rabbinical journal "Otzros Yerusalayim Vol 36, a letter is published which was written by the son of the Alexander Rebbe z'l to the great and reknowned kabbalist R Yeshaya Asher Zelig Margolis of Yerusalayim. It states:

"And now I request of you in as much as we know from our uncle the holy author of the 'Yismach Yisrael', that it is a segula for a pregnant woman to ensure that she will carry her pregnancy to term that you should 'measure round' the Tomb of Rachel our Matriarch - that you should please 'measure round' Rachel's tomb and send me the string in order that it should be a 'segula', that she should complete her pregnancy to term."

"And so have we heard from residents of the holy city of Yerushalyim, that they have a tradition regarding this segula, and they wrap the string around the hand and it is effective for all sorts of salvations."


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