Rabbi Avraham Chamoy - "Yemalet Nafsho"

Chacham Avraham ben Refael Chamoy was born on the 9th of Kislev, 1838, to Rachel and Refael Chamoy in the city of Aleppo, Syria. Yahrzeit - 8th of Sivan; Burial place - Persia; He studied Torah under his father, Chacham Refael. In 1864 he married the daughter of Chacham Shalom Shema'a, and about a year later, within a short period, he lost his father, brother, wife, and daughter. Deciding to go into exile, he left Aleppo and set out to wander through various countries. In 1865 he arrived in Jerusalem, where he studied Torah under Chacham Rachamim Entabi. From Jerusalem he moved to Turkey, where he became acquainted with Chacham Chaim Palachi. In 1870 he printed his first book, "Achach Nafshenu," in Izmir, and visited Austria, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Romania. In 1873 he moved to Italy and lived in Livorno, where he received certification as a shochet, and in 1876 he arrived in Salonika. In 1878 he moved to Gibraltar, then to Libya and also to Lebanon. In 1879 he made another journey to Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, and from there continued on to Yemen. In 1881 he arrived in India, in 1882 in Persia, and in 1884 in Baghdad. After 22 years of wandering the world, during which he visited more than 45 cities and wrote 65 essays, Chacham Avraham Chamoy died in the month of Sivan 1886, in the port city of Bushehr, Persia, alone and sorrowful. Of the 65 works he wrote, only 15 were published: prayer cycles for the days of Israel, together with collections of laws and customs relating to each festival: "Beit al-Bacha" for Passover, "Beit Hei" for Shavuot, "Beit El" for the month of Elul; And practical books on Kabbalah, including: "Achi Nafsheinu," "Dekev Ma'ach," "Zechor Esah," "Lidrosh El HaLahim," "Abia Chidot." He was a charismatic kabbalist and Torah scholar who practiced folk medicine and Kabbalah. He spoke Hebrew, Spanish, Ladino, Arabic, Italian, and a little French. He was involved in Kabbalah, medicine, amulets, alchemy, and herbal remedies. His passion was to promote and publish his writings, which he viewed as a means of atoning for sins that he believed he must have committed to deserve the loss of his family. In his view, his books were his children. In Morocco he helped bring about the annulment of an anti-Jewish decree issued by the authorities against the Jews of Morocco. After two years of severe drought in the region of Marrakesh (Morocco), two scholars of the city dreamed that the prayer of a sage who would arrive in Marrakesh the following day would be accepted and blessed rains would fall. At the insistence of the rabbis and members of the community, on Thursday, the 18th of Adar, 1877, he held a special prayer service, and when rain fell on the night of Shabbat, the 20th of Adar, he blessed Hashem. He became known as a holy man even in the eyes of non-Jews and was called the "Sage of the Rains."  

Torah Study – Segulot

1. Tehillim 103

Rabbi Avraham Chamoy in his book "Yemalet Nafsho" reveals that Psalm 103 connects our soul to the body.

The soul consists of 248 parts, and the body consists of 248 organs, corresponding to the 248 mitzvot. The soul is connected to the body through the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which serve as channels linking the 248 organs to the 248 parts of the soul. When this connection is severed and the letter-channels ascend, a person dies.

Through the secret of the 22 letters of the alphabet, a person can be revived. Every tzadik mentioned in the Talmud was able to revive the dead - otherwise his name would not have been immortalized in the Talmud.

Rabbi Avraham Chamoy - a great mekubal - teaches that Psalm 103 strengthens the connection between the soul and the body.

When a person is seriously ill, this psalm helps restore the balance, bring the soul back to the body (preventing it from departing), and restore health.

But it also helps with spiritual elevation, when a person becomes lazy about performing mitzvot and is drawn toward material pleasures. When a person falls in his service of the Creator, Psalm 103 should be recited.

  2. The Prayer "Yehudi Ani"

A segula from the great mekubal Rabbi Avraham Chamoy from his Sefer "Yemalet Nafsho" against all Tzarot (troubles), Yissurim (suffering), and worries - "badduk u-menuseh" - (a proven and tested segula) - to be recited every morning:

יהודי אני יהודי אני יהודי אני

אחיה יהודי אחיה יהודי אחיה יהודי

אמות יהודי אמות יהודי אמות יהודי

יהודי יהודי יהודי

Transliteration

Yehudi Ani, Yehudi Ani, Yehudi Ani,

Ehyeh Yehudi, Ehyeh Yehudi, Ehyeh Yehudi,

Amut Yehudi, Amut Yehudi, Amut Yehudi,

Yehudi, Yehudi, Yehudi – { 3 times

Translation

(I am a Jew – I am a Jew – I am a Jew,

I will live as a Jew – I will live as a Jew – I will live as a Jew,

I will die as a Jew – I will die as a Jew – I will die as a Jew,

A Jew – a Jew – a Jew).

May the merit of the tzadik protect our people  

3. A Segula with Tehillim 121

The mekubal Rabbi Avraham Chamoy writes in his book "Yemalet Nafsho" that when seeing off a loved one on a journey, one should recite Tehillim 121 for their protection along the way;   4. The Secret of the 22 Letters of the Alphabet It is known from the Midrashim that our world was created with the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The Torah, written with these 22 Hebrew letters, is the genetic code of the universe. Rabbi Avraham Chamoy, in his book "Yemalet Nafsho," reveals that the soul is connected to the body through the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which serve as channels linking the 248 organs to the 248 parts of the soul. When this connection is severed and the letter-channels ascend, a person dies. Through the secret of the 22 letters of the alphabet, a person can be revived. We already know that the world was created with the 22 letters of the alphabet, but it should also be remembered that 5 of them, which have final forms, are called םןץףך - ManTzePaCh - and they symbolize 5 courts of judgment. If we add up the gematria of these letters, we get the number 280 - "par" פר. All illnesses come from "par dinim" (280 courts of judgment) - the source of all illness. And all of them stem from a person's transgressions - one sins, and opens a channel for negative forces - "par dinim." To change the situation, the letters must be raised to the source of all letters, the root of the alphabet, the letter א - and if the letters פר are raised to the source - א, we get the word - רפא (healer). When the judgments are raised to their root, healing comes. Tehillim 119 - the correspondence of the letters to the organs   5. A Segula against Fear, the Evil Eye, and Epilepsy Take a plain sheet of unlined paper - in the middle write the numbers: 18 14 11 22 63 4 3 4 2 8 7 63 Place the paper on a plate and set it alight - while it burns, envelop the person in the smoke - from head to toe - the person should breathe in this smoke; if it goes out before fully burning, light it again.   6. Figs for Hair Loss Before going to sleep at night, apply to the head (the area of hair loss) a mixture of crushed dried fig leaves and honey. This is because Adam's sin was that he tasted of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge (Da'at), and hair is a remnant of the Moach (brain). (based on the lessons of Rav Israel Yakobov for "Sila Tehilim")