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Update: 2017.12.11
Belief in (Tōr•âhꞋ prohibited!) supernatural magic animating ritual incantations underlies the Qabâlist idea of a spoken-created "golem" and the long-running pursuit, by some Ultra-Orthodox rabbis, of unparalleled, and unbridled, power over the entire world and God—for which, see "peers ìÀöÇã God" (Dân•iy•eilꞋ 7.25 with Ho•sheiꞋa 13.4; Yᵊsha•yâhꞋu 45.21-22).
This Qabâlist notion derived from the pagan Gnostics' concept of λογος, Dark Ages mysticism fuel for the fanciful world of "Dungeons and Dragons" or Harry Potter having no place either in modern world reality; and particularly not in a Tōr•âh′-observant life, where such sorcery and magical practices are strictly àÈñåÌø.
To observant Jews, the àåÉú refers principally to the rainbow (bᵊ-Reish•it′ 9.12, 13, 17), Shab•ât′ (Yᵊkhëz•qeil′ ha-Nâ•vi′ 20.12, 20), circumcision (bᵊ-Reish•it′ 17.11), tᵊphil•in′ (Shᵊm•ot′ 13.9,16; Dᵊvâr•im′ 6.8; 11.18), etc.
As for signs ("gifts of the spirit" in Christian parlance) that "prove" one is a "prophet" or "sage." Tōr•âh′'s severe prohibition is explicit (Dᵊvâr•im′ 13:1-6) and confirmed by Rib′i Yᵊho•shu′a (The Nᵊtzârim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matitᵊyâhu (NHM, in English)
12.38-42).
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