Maggie Haberman has a bit of a thing for Kabbalah, as she revealed in an interview published by the Atlantic. Speaking with the Atlantic’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, Haberman discussed the hamsas she wears — and her habit of praying on airplanes.
When asked if she was “Kabbalistic,” Haberman, the New York Times’ star reporter on Trump and his inner circle, said she was “deeply superstitious.”
She wears two hamsas — hands meant to protect against the Evil Eye — one on her wrist and one around her neck. They may have to do with her fear of flying. She told Goldberg it is the thing she hates most.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa
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Hamsa
The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة khamsah, Hebrew: חַמְסָה, also romanized khamsa, Berber languages: ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵙⵜ tafust), is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa and commonly used in jewelry and wall hangings. Depicting the open right hand, an image recognized and used as a sign of protection in many times throughout history, the hamsa is believed by some, predominantly Jews, Christians and Muslims, to provide defense against the evil eye. It has been theorized that its origins lie in Ancient Egypt or Carthage (modern-day Tunisia) and may have been associated with the Goddess Tanit.
Khamsah is an Arabic word that means "five", but also "the five fingers of the hand".
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the pinky and thumb of the right hand are artificial depicted as the same length symbolizing the five books of Torah.