Say you boasted about your great job to a friend. The friend gave you ayin harah. Does this ayin harah expire eventually or does it last forever?
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There are customs that speak of ways to cancel ayin harah, if that is what you mean. – sabbahillel Dec 11 '15 at 14:44
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@sabbahillel http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/31723 http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/3460 – msh210 Dec 11 '15 at 15:38
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It lasts until the person who became jealous does teshuvah and instead becomes happy for his friend's success. This is because an ayin hara` is an idiom for someone having negative thoughts motivated by qinah and himudh toward his fellow. The popular mystical conception is a mis-conception. Kol tuv. – Dec 11 '15 at 15:50
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@Maimonist what does himudh mean? – Ani Yodea Dec 11 '15 at 15:51
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@Maimonist, what do you mean when you say "The popular mystical conception is a mis-conception."? – Ani Yodea Dec 11 '15 at 15:55
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@Ani Yodea - himudh is being negatively desirous, as in "lo thahmodh". And the popular misconception I am referring to is the idea that someone can "give" someone else an "ayin hora" as if it were a hex or a spiritual force that forces God, as it were, to hurt people's self, family, and/or property. Such an idea is heresy. Kol tuv. – Dec 11 '15 at 16:15