The Internet is up in arms, and its all over an emoji. If you don't know, emojis are popular little images that computer or smartphone users can insert into their text messages. Emojis can be used ...

You may have previously used the praying hands emoji for all of your emoji wishing. But, now, with the fingers crossed emoji, you can manifest with one tap of your keyboard.

Could adding an emoji to that text message make you idolatrous? Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a France-born Israeli cleric, said that the popular praying hands digital emoji is not kosher — and that Jews ...

The folded hands emoji shows two hands placed firmly together, meaning please or thank you. A common alternative use for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as praying hands.

The light behind the folded hands emoji was removed in the iOS 8.3 update in 2015. There are also varying versions of it depending on whether you use Apple, Android or Microsoft devices. Examples ...

Multiple Meanings. Another problem is that some emojis are inherently ambiguous. A good example is the "folded hands" emoji (U+1F64F), which may mean “thank you” or “prayer,” depending on ...