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Do you know why some people wear a red string on their left wrist? It’s definitely not a fashion gimmick. This red bracelet has a much deeper meaning, because its essence comes from the ancient mystical Jewish teaching – Kabbalah.
So what exactly can this red string, which you tie on your left hand, protect you from?
The craze for red strings was started by Madonna
A few years ago the singer Madonna began regularly appearing with a red string on her left wrist. Everyone then wondered what it was about. It was this singer who literally started the “craze” for red strings, which celebrities and ordinary people began to wear.
But red bracelets on left wrists existed long before Madonna, because people long before believed in their miraculous power.
Why wear a red bracelet on the left hand
Tying a red string on the left hand has its meaning. The ancient mystical Jewish teaching of Kabbalah says that negative energies from the surrounding world penetrate into the left side of our body. The left hand is therefore spoken of in the sense that it is the “receiving hand”.
It is precisely the red bracelet on the left hand that is supposed to block all negative energy and karma that attacks us from outside. So if you believe in the power of the red string, it can be a kind of talisman that will protect you from evil, envy and other negative energy that could penetrate to you from the people around you.
Did you know that some people wear a red thread on the right hand as well. In that case it “doesn’t ward off evil spirits”, according to the law of Kabbalah they rather want to attract wealth, success and mental well-being.
The color red and its meaning
Why must the woolen thread, string or bracelet be exactly red? Red is the energy of the Sun and of life. Besides protecting you from surrounding negative energy and karma, it is said that for the one who wears it on the left hand it can drive away dark thoughts and protect the wearer himself from tendencies to bad behavior (envy, negative thoughts, etc.).
Since the origin of this custom is found in Jerusalem, the red threads are also called the Jerusalem thread or Kabbalah bracelet.
In these regions it was already customary in ancient times among followers of Kabbalah to tie a red bracelet on the hand of a newborn child, which was meant to protect him from all evil outside.
