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Ari Ben-Canaan:
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From Chabad site discussing Gilgulim and Dibbuks:
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/310889/jewish/The-Protective-Power-of-Mezuzah.htm
--- Quote ---The literature of Kabbalah and Jewish folklore abound with the stories of gilgulim (transmigration of souls, metempsychosis), dibbuks (possession by spirit), and exorcism. A common practice has been to prevent a spirit or a wandering soul from entering the house or its inhabitants by placing mezuzoth at the doors. In one well-documented account, Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari-zal)17 sent his disciple Rabbi Chayim Vital18 to investigate a case of a dibbuk, and instructed him to check the mezuzoth. It turned out that the house lacked mezuzoth altogether. Upon affixing mezuzoth the spirit stopped appearing.
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This is why there is no Jewish "Exorcist" movie. It would have been over in 15 minutes!
My roommate downloaded the move "The Exorcist" and we watched it, it had xtian priests in it trying to fight off the house's ghosts, and I had a good LOL because OF COURSE what they would do to try and remedy the situation would not work... I said to my roommate, "if they called a Rabbi, he would have hung up a mezzuzah, said a few Baruch Atahs, and that would be that. The end!" :::D :::D :::D
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