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dybbuk
Turns out the Reb may or may not be a dybbuk, a mischievous Jewish specter.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's as though Cheney's soul has been taken over by a Democratic dybbuk.
From the washingtontimes.com
The malicious spirit, or dybbuk, is somehow connected with Casey's twin brother, who died in utero.
From the usatoday.com
This is a child with a dybbuk inside her, who doesn't so much flop on to a sofa as somersault into it.
From the guardian.co.uk
The dybbuk, a little monster with no social conscience, was also pretty sick of hearing about education.
From the time.com
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick are a divorced couple whose daughter is taken over by a dybbuk.
From the latimes.com
The item is eventually revealed to be a dybbuk box, which in Jewish folklore is said to contain an evil spirit.
From the nzherald.co.nz
What dybbuk got into this guy?
From the theatlantic.com
The dybbuk travels from the bug-eyed neighbor kid to infiltrate other innocent victims, flitting from person to person like a diabolical game of tag.
From the usatoday.com
- (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
- In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (Yiddish: u05D3u05D9u05D1u05D5u05E7u200E, from the Hebrew verb u05D3u05B8u05BCu05D1u05B7u05E7 du0101u1E07aq meaning "adhere" or "cling") is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being helped.
- Dybbuk is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein's eponymous music and taking S. Ansky's play The Dybbuk as a source. ...
- Dybbuk is a fictional character from DC Comics. He was created by John Ostrander, Kim Yale and Geof Isherwood, and first appeared in Suicide Squad (vol. 1) #45, in September 1990.
- In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demons are the most widespread race of fiends. The demons are chaotic evil by nature, and are native to the Abyss. ...
- In the tradition of Jewish mysticism, a hostile spirit that possessed individuals.
- Soul condemned to wander for a time in this world because of it's sins. (To escape the perpetual torments inflicted upon it by evil spirits, the dybbul seeks refuge in the body of some pious man or woman over whom the demons have no power. The dybbuk is a Cabalistic conception)
- A dispossessed spirit which seeks to possess a body. Originally these were believed to be a specific type of demon. Later they were said to be spirits of evildoers denied transmigration. Punished with wandering and beatings by attendant angels, they seek refuge in a living body. ...
- NDH [C], PO > signer, covers the forearm of DH [V:] at the chest as the DH descends wiggling (crawling into) the [C] of the NDH.
