Today is not a good day for paraskavedekatriaphobics – that is those who are afraid of Friday the 13th. Toda is Friday the 13th and many believe that this is a very unlucky day. Most paraskavedekatriaphobics don’t really know why they are afraid of this day. They are simply the victims of well-known superstitions. These [...]
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Paraskavedekatriaphobics Need A Good Dose of Judaism
Posted in Rabbi Andrew Jacobs, Ramat Shalom, Superstition, tagged Friday the 13th, Judaism on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jewish Exorcism!?
Posted in Superstition, tagged exorcism, ghosts, goblins, halloween, Judaism, rabbi andrew jacobs, Talmud, witches on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a copy of the Jewish exorcism ritual I discovered on-line. …[t]o remove a demon from the body of a man or woman, or anything into which a male or female demon has entered…Take an empty flask and a white waxen candle and recite this adjuration in purity: I adjure you, the pure and [...]
