Re: [Cz-L] Photo collections and the Bad Eye.

Two expressions were used; Keneihore in a positive mode; when you
praised somebody such as a cild for it smartness or his nice face, or
a person who succeeded in business and made a fortune, you said
"Keneihore" However, as a warning  not to boost yourself or someebody
of your family you said: be careful of an "Einhore."
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Mark Wiznitzer <markwiznitzer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> FROM http://www.jewishanswers.org/ask-the-rabbi-category/the-basics-of-judaism/reward-and-punishment/?p=1855:
>
>
> "The phrase to which you refer can be pronounced either “Bli Ayin
> Hara” in Hebrew, or “Kein Ayin Hora” in Yiddish. Both expressions
> translate as, “without the evil eye” or “there should be no evil eye.”
> When it’s said quickly is can sometimes sound like “Kina Hora.”
>
> The concept of the “evil eye” is primarily related to the destructive
> power of envy. When our patriarch Jacob blessed his grandchildren
> Ephraim and Menashe, part of his blessing was that “they should
> multiply like fish within the land” (Genesis 48:16). The Sages tell us
> that Jacob wanted them to emulate fish when it came to multiplying
> because fish do so under the water. It is impossible to view the
> fruitfulness of fish precisely because it occurs in a place that is
> shielded from view, and this hiddenness acts as a type of protection
> against the evil eye, in accordance with the Talmudic idea that
> “blessing only rests upon something that is concealed from the eye”.
>
> For this reason, when people relate their or others’ gains, assets or
> blessings, they say “kein ayin hora”—if they are bold (or, some might
> say, foolish) enough to speak of these things at all. Wealth, physical
> and spiritual, is not distributed evenly in the world. G-d gives to
> one person something that He does not give to another. This can
> naturally cause envy, which essentially is an emotion that corresponds
> to a sense of injustice. The Torah tells us that the resulting
> spiritual energy can actually trigger a process of judgement against
> the one who is envied and lead to very destructive consequences for
> them.
>
> May we all learn to be happy for others, and be protected from the evil eye!"
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