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==Superstitions== {{Main article|Superstition}} {{See also|folk religion|lived religion|Superstition in Islamic tradition|Superstition in Judaism |Religion#Superstition}} Among the Jewish community of Aleppo and their descendants in the post-1947 diaspora, the belief always was that the Codex holds great magical power and that the smallest piece of it can ensure its owner's good health and well-being.<ref name=holy/> Historically, it was believed that women allowed to look at it would become pregnant and that those in charge of the keys to the Codex vault were blessed.<ref name=holy/> On the other hand, history left every quire with the inscription "Sanctified to God, not to be sold or bought," and the first leaf once included a common warning for medieval Hebrew manuscripts,<ref>See A. M. Haberman, ''History of the Hebrew Book'' [Hebrew] (1945), p. 20.</ref> "Cursed be he who steals it, and cursed be he who sells it."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Meir |first=Nehmad |date=1933 |title=ΧΧͺΧ¨ ΧΧ¨Χ Χ¦ΧΧΧ |url=https://hebrewbooks.org/32847 |access-date= |website= |pages=5β6}}</ref>
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