feldmesterinFeb 52 min readThe 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...
feldmesterinMar 7, 20213 min readWitches gotta eat In Yiddish literature, the practices described on this website are often viewed disparagingly, especially when women used to do them for...
feldmesterinJan 14, 20212 min readAn 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...
