כה אֵין יוֹצְאִין בְּקָמֵעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֻמְחֶה, וְאִם הוּא מֻמְחֶה יוֹצְאִין בּוֹ. לָא שְׁנָא אִתְמְחֵי גַּבְרָא וְלֹא קַמֵעַ כִּגוֹן שֶׁכָּתַב לַחַשׁ אֶחָד בְּשָׁלֹשׁ אִגְּרוֹת, וְרִפְּאוּ שְׁלָשְׁתָּם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁאִתְמְחֵי גַּבְרָא לְאוֹתוֹ לַחַשׁ בְּכָל פַּעַם שֶׁיִּכְתְּבֶנּוּ אֲבָל לֹא לִשְׁאָר לְחָשִׁים, וְגַם אֵין הַקָּמֵעַ מֻמְחֶה אִם יִכְתְּבֶנּוּ אַחֵר, לָא שְׁנָא אִתְמְחֵי קָמֵיעַ וְלֹא גַּבְרָא כְּגוֹן שֶׁכָּתַב לַחַשׁ אֶחָד בְּאִגֶּרֶת וְרִפֵּא בּוֹ ג' פְּעָמִים שֶׁאוֹתָהּ אִגֶּרֶת מֻמְחֶה לְכָל אָדָם; וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן אִי אִתְמְחֵי גַּבְרָא וְקָמֵעַ כְּגוֹן שֶׁכָּתַב לַחַשׁ אֶחָד בְּג' אִגְּרוֹת וְכָל אַחַת הוֹעִילָה לְג' אֲנָשִׁים אוֹ לְאָדָם אֶחָד ג' פְּעָמִים, אִתְמְחֵי גַּבְרָא לְלַחַשׁ זֶה בְּכָל אִגֶּרֶת שֶׁיִּכְתְּבֶנּוּ וְאִתְמְחוּ אִגְּרוֹת הַלָּלוּ לְכָל אָדָם. הַגָּה: וְדַוְקָא שֶׁבָּאוּ שְׁתֵּי הַמְחָאוֹת בְּיַחַד, אֲבָל אִם אִתְמְחֵי גַּבְרָא תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ עָשָׂה קָמֵעַ וְרִפֵּא שְׁלֹשָׁה פְּעָמִים לָא תָּלִינָן בְּהַמְחָאַת הַקָּמֵעַ רַק בְּהַמְחָאַת הַגַּבְרָא שֶׁכְּבָר אִתְחְזַק (הָגָ"א וְכֵן מַשְׁמָע מִתוס' מֵהַבֵּאוּר שֶׁכָּתַב בֵּית יוֹסֵף). אֲבָל אִם כָּתַב שְׁלֹשָׁה קְמֵעִים לְאָדָם אֶחָד וְרִפְּאוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה פְּעָמִים, לֹא אִתְמְחֵי לֹא גַּבְרָא וְלֹא קַמֵעַ. וּמֻתָּר לָצֵאת בְּקָמֵעַ מֻמְחֶה לָא שְׁנָא הוּא שֶׁל כְּתָב אוֹ שֶׁל עִקָּרִים, בֵּין בְּחוֹלֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ סַכָּנָה בֵּין בְּחוֹלֶה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ סַכָּנָה. וְלֹא שֶׁנִּכְפֶה כְּבָר וְתּוֹלֵהוּ לִרְפוּאָה, אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ לֹא אֲחָזוֹ הַחֹלִי אֶלָּא שֶׁהוּא מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת נִכְפִּין וְתּוֹלֵהוּ שֶׁלֹּא יֹאחֲזֶנּוּ, שָׁרֵי וְקוֹשְׁרוֹ וּמַתִּירוֹ בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ בְּשִׁיר אוֹ בְּטַבַּעַת וְיֵצֵא בּוֹ לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, שֶׁאָז יֹאמְרוּ שֶׁיּוֹצֵא בּוֹ לְשֵׁם תַּכְשִׁיט וְזֶה אָסוּר, דְּלָאו תַּכְשִׁיט הוּא.
25 One may not go out wearing an amulet that is not reliable. If it is reliable, he may go out with it. It doesn't matter if the man who wrote it is a proven expert or if the amulet is proven to be effective. For example, when he has written one text on three [separate] scripts and [with them] healed three people, he is considered an expert for that text each time he writes it, but is not considered an expert for other texts. Also, the amulet is not proven to be effective if it is written afterwards - it makes not difference if the author is an expert or if it is effective; for example, when one writes one text in a script and heals someone three times - there is no proof it is effective for all people. All the more so, if the author is an expert and it is effective - for example where one writes one text in three scripts and each one heals three separate people, or one person three times. He is considered an expert regarding this text in any script in which he writes it and the script is considered effective for all people. Rema: And specifically if [the healer and the amulet] were both deemed expert and reliable at the same time. However, if the healer was deemed an expert first and afterwards made an amulet which healed three times, we do not give this amulet the designation [of both a healer and a reliable amulet], rather only the designation of the author's expertise, for it was already strengthened [Hagahos Ashiri and such was heard from Tosefos from the Biur that the Beis Yosef wrote]. However, if one wrote three amulets for one person and he was healed three times we do not designate it as being expertly written or effective, or even as an amulet. And it is permitted to go out with an expertly written amulet - and it makes no difference if it is written or just the essence [was written], whether for a sick person who is in danger or a sick person who is not in danger, or an epileptic and it was hung for therapeutic purposes. [Indeed,] even a person who has not fallen ill at all is permitted to go out (to the public domain on Shabbos [wearing such an amulet]) if he is from a family in which epilepsy or other similar illnesses run and he is concerned and hangs an amulet [from his neck as a precaution against] falling sick because of his family’s [predisposition to this] illness. This is provided that it is not tied with a tie or a ring and he goes out to the public domain; for then they will say that he goes out to show off an ornament. And this is forbidden because it is not an ornament.