Hamsa

Hamsa otherwise called fatma hand in the Muslim milieu. Hamsa comes from Judaism according to Rav Royi Margalit in the name of Hida and ben Ich Hay who brings back that the letter "" Hey "" in the Hebrew alphabet for a numerical value the number five, which is of protection against the evil eye. and for that at the time people used to make the sign of the hand "" five "" with the fingers in order to make a sign against the A'yin Hara, the evil eye. "