There are many ways of identifying a thief. There are virtues and even amulets against thieves and for eliminating them from our vicinity. To Identify the Thief:
A – Take kosher parchment and write on it the names of the people you suspect of stealing – each name on a separate parchment. The size of the parchment should not be more than 1 cm x 4 cm. Fill a clay bowl with water and pour in one drop of Kiddush wine. Place all the parchments with the names on the water and say out loud: “Answer me, Lord. Answer me. Obliterate the name of the thief that appears on the water”. If one of the parchments sinks in the water and the name is erased, then this is the thief. If not – then the thief is not one of the people you checked.
B – An additional way: Take a loaf of bread that was baked the same day. Take a knife with a black handle, and write with the blade of the knife the following names:
Adriel, Samael, Viiroel, Zidekiya. Cut the bread while saying: “I swear on you bread by the power of these names that are written on you that you will not reach the belly of the thief”. Give all those present a piece of the bread to eat, and the one who is not able to swallow the bread is the thief.
The Real Estate Deal:
(A true case treated by Itzhak Mizrahi)
Marina (fictitious name), an elderly woman who contacted me, told me that she had been surfing “The Israeli Practical Kabbalah Center” website for a long time and that she wished to make an appointment for a personal consultation with me. When Marina came to my office, she told me that she has been investing in real estate for many years, and that she recently received a tempting offer: An empty plot of land in a town in the center of the country was ready for building with all the approvals and the required infrastructures, and the owners of the land were looking for an additional investor in the construction project, who for a modest sum (US$ 100,000) could receive two apartments in the new building. Marina, who was enthusiastic about the opportunity after her lawyer had also invested in the project, came to ask my advice as to whether or not she should join the deal.
In opening her fate, I found that it was very unadvisable for her to join in the deal. Marina did not seem to agree with what I said, paid and left.
A month and a half later, Marina came to me a second time – with a bouquet of flowers and chocolates. Her story was as follows: On the night after her first meeting with me, she could not fall asleep, but tossed and turned, debating about whether to join the venture. On the one hand, the deal seemed to her to be really attractive and everything seemed to be kosher and promising. On the other hand, an inner voice told her to listen to my advice and not enter as an investor.
Two weeks after she visited me, a report was published in the press about a group of five people who sold plots in a building project to investors, took money from them and then disappeared. Marina would have been one of those who were swindled….If she had not taken my advice, she would be poorer today by US$100,000!
To Identify a Thief in a Dream:
Anyone who had something stolen and does not suspect anyone in his vicinity should write this amulet on parchment and tie it at night to his forehead with a white handkerchief. He should read Chapter 48 from the Book of Psalms and he will see the thief in his dream.
Is There Stolen Treasure in your Vicinity?
In order to discover stolen treasure in your vicinity, if there is such, write the following signs on kosher parchment:
Roll the parchment and place it under your pillow for three nights, and you will be visited in your dream and told where there is big treasure. Protection from Thieves:
Write this seal on deer skin and place it over the mezuzah on the doorpost of your home, and thieves will not come to your home and will not cross the entrance gate.
To Discover a Theft in a Dream:
Take bee’s wax, roll it out on a flat surface and write the following inscription:
Place the wax plaque next to your head at night, and it is tried and tested that the thief will expose himself in your dream.
To Cause a Thief to Return the Stolen Object:
Take a copper nail and a copper hammer. Draw an eye on the wall and drive the nail into it. While you are doing this, say out loud: "Adriel and Zagnekol and Adadiel and Azriel and Dahnahel, take this nail and drive it into the eye of the thief (say his name and his mother’s name, if known). Just as I lash it into his eye, so you will lash into his eye until he returns the stolen object.
Tried and tested.