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Dybbuks and Jewish women
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ISBN: 9655240800 9655240096 9789655240092 9789655240986 9655240983 9789655240078 965524007X 965524007X Year: 2008 Publisher: Jerusalem New York Urim

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How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbuk-the possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased person-and what consequences ensue from such possession, form the subject of this book. Though possession by a dybbuk has traditionally been understood as punishment for a terrible sin, it can also be seen as a mechanism used by desperate individuals-often women-who had no other means of escape from the demands and expectations of an all-encompassing patriarchal social order. Dybbuks and Jewish Women examines these and other as


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The Dibbuk box
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ISBN: 1612480608 9781612480602 9781612480121 Year: 2011 Publisher: Kirksville, Mo. Truman State University Press

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