feldmesterinJan 1, 202311 min"Incantations must not be taught to anyone"Translation of an excerpt from Abraham Rechtman, Yidishe Etnografye un Folklor, p. 289-298. Rav Yokhanan had the habit of coming to sit...
feldmesterinSep 12, 20212 minDouble, Double, Mi un Tsores ...According to the ethnographic study I posted recently, Yom Kippur candles made with threads that had been used to measure graves were...
feldmesterinMar 7, 20214 minWitches gotta eat 'Feldmesterin’ sometimes appears alongside other ‘superstitious’ female trades, including witchcraft. Here are two examples from maskilic...
feldmesterinJan 14, 20212 minAn 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. Incantations like this one are often purposefully...
