Monthly Archives: May 2009
Satan and the Old Testament
From time immemorial, there was evil…. Ha-Satan In Judaism, the word Satan refers to one of god’s angels or servants, that tempts people to sin and to or commit evil crimes. The biblical word ha-satan(the devil) comes from Hebrew and means the adversary as mentioned in1 Samuel 29:4: “ וְלֹא-יֵרֵד עִמָּנוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה, וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה-לָּנוּ לְשָׂטָן [...]
Dibbuk and Jewish Exorcism-Part 2
The Exorcism Ceremony The kabbalistic literature contains stories and protocols about the exorcism of a dibbuk. Numerous manuscripts present detailed instructions on how to exorcise it.. The power to exorcise a dibbuk was given to Ba’al Ha-Shem or accomplished hasidim. They exorcised the dibbuk from the body which was bound by it and simultaneously redeemed [...]
Dibbuk and Jewish Exorcism-Part 1
According to Jewish folklore, a “dybbuk “or “dibbuk” is a restless soul that must wander and forbidden from entering Gehenna (“hell”) ,because of its sins in its previous life, until it enters into a living body. Dibbuk- What does it mean? The term “ Dibbuk” appears neither in Talmudic literature nor in the Kabbalah, where [...]
The Gezer calendar -a 3000 years evidence of a school boy’s exercise?
If you travel 32 Km west northwest of Jerusalem, you will arrive today to a place called Gezer, that in literal translation in modern Hebrew means a carrot. But this “carrot” has at least 3000 years of heritage, from the days it was defeated by Joshua (Josh 10:33; 12:12), and allotted to the tribe of [...]
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