#dybbukim

What are Dybbukim? How can we interpret our tradition surrounding them during this fraught moment, as Jewish communities cling to and cleave from tradition, spirituality, and ḥesed (loving-kindness)?

What are our dybbukim?

How does the tradition of Dybbukim engage with our values of Hereness?

As we seek international solidarity while remaining rooted in Jewishness; transformational and yet, demanding of us to be present and connected to the past, never without our roots & the conditions that we re-imagine this ancestral wisdom in.

The stunning images were created by @mygolem_is_here and photographers Aaron Farley and Magda Chudzik.

As a reminder, this is one interpretation and experience of Jewish folkore and folklife. This post focuses on the experience of Ashkenazim in Poland. Jewishness is diverse & vast: this post serves as representation of one facet of it.

It’s Yentl’s dream to study the holy texts. Dressed as a man named Anshl, she goes to yeshiva to do just that. But is his secret safe?

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The box itself was engraved with Shema on the back, however, "Within the box were the following items: ... a small statue engraved with the Hebrew word "shalom"... (1)"

Within the box was a statue engraved with shalom while the actual mini-bar box had the prayer carved into the back of it. See the image below.

"After opening the cabinet, he found a series of strange objects inside: two U.S. wheat pennies dating to 1925 and 1928, two locks of hair, a dried rosebud, a four-legged candlestick, a golden wine cup, and a granite sculpture inscribed with the Hebrew word shalom. The Shema, a prayer considered to be one of the most important in Judaism, was carved on the back of the cabinet." Another citation, not affiliated with us.

1. The titular dybbuk of Der Dibek; that is, the character Chonen (styled as "The Dybbuk (The Dybbuk)")

3. Dybbukim in general (styled as "Dybbukim")