@Benignuman @cholentface My grandfather had a talmid who got a position in the small Frum community of Edmonton.
One day, he calls my grandfather for help: a local Muslim couple have come to him for help in removing a dybbuk. The dybbuk is Jewish, you see.
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One day, he calls my grandfather for help: a local Muslim couple have come to him for help in removing a dybbuk. The dybbuk is Jewish, you see.
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@Benignuman @cholentface ...
My grandfather asks to speak to the dybbuk. (I don't remember if this was arranged later or if the couple was there.)
The woman gets on the phone, and begins to speak in a guttural voice in lousy Hebrew.
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My grandfather asks to speak to the dybbuk. (I don't remember if this was arranged later or if the couple was there.)
The woman gets on the phone, and begins to speak in a guttural voice in lousy Hebrew.
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@Benignuman @cholentface ...
A quick examination of the dybbuk's Jewish knowledge finds that it does not exceed what one would expect of a Palestinian woman who spent a reasonable amount of time in Jerusalem... which she was.
(Diagnosis: your dybbuk needs Rosetta. Not that he said that.)
A quick examination of the dybbuk's Jewish knowledge finds that it does not exceed what one would expect of a Palestinian woman who spent a reasonable amount of time in Jerusalem... which she was.
(Diagnosis: your dybbuk needs Rosetta. Not that he said that.)
@Benignuman @cholentface To be clear, my grandfather is not the type of rabbi who deals with dybbukim or gives them much credence... And his student even less so. He was just stuck in an awkward situation.
@Benignuman @cholentface I'm very curious if there's something in Palestinian Muslim folklore that resembles a dibbuk... What possessed her (sorry) to look for a rabbi?
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