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The eyshes-khayil of Hendrikov, from Y. Y. Trunk's "Poland" (1944)
Another short but sweet recollection of a real-life opshprekherke (healer through incantations) and feldmesterin (cemetery or grave...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Witches gotta eat
In Yiddish literature, the practices described on this website are often viewed disparagingly, especially when women used to do them for...
feldmesterin
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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An ayin-hore incantation, to exercise an evil eye from a child
From the memorial book of the town of Pruzhany, Poland, recorded by A Fayvushinsky.The text has very little punctuation (I've added a bit...
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Jan 14, 20212 min read
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