After Long Distance Exorcism On Skype Fails, Kabbalist Tries Face-To-Face Exorcism To Remove The "Foreign Entity"

The young man arrived in Israel a number of days ago, hoping kabbalist Rabbi David Batzri will be the shaliach who will return his life to what is was previously, before being invaded by this foreign entity.

R’ Batzri Shlita Will Try to Remove the Dibuk
Yechiel Spira • Teshiva World

HaGaon HaRav Mekubal David Batzri Shlita is expected to attempt to remove the dibuk from a Brazilian avreich as was reported in December 2009 by YWN-Israel.

After Rav Batzri Shlita attempted to assist the victim without success via Skype, Rav Kanievsky and others have referred the infected man to Rav Batzri, indicating he is the only hope, the only one who knows how to deal with such a situation. Rav Kanievsky Shlita wished the man a complete recovery, but indicated he is not capable of addressing his problem, pointing him in the direction of Rav Batzri.

The avreich from Brazil arrived in Eretz Yisrael a number of days ago, hoping the Mekubal will indeed be the shaliach who will return his life to what is was previously, before being invaded by this foreign entity.

This morning, the avreich visited with Gedolei Yisrael Shlita, including Maran Rav Elyashiv Shlita, Rav Leib Rabinowitz Shlita, the Ma’adnei HaShulchan, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rav Zundel Kroizer Shlita, HaGaon HaRav Kanievsky Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Shteinman Shlita, visits that he made in compliance with a request from Rav Batzri, ahead of the Wednesday night attempt to remove the dibuk from him.

The event will be held in Yeshivat HaShalom in the Makor Baruch area of Yerushalayim later Wednesday night.

Here is Yeshiva World's previous report on the 'dybbuk':

The ‘Dibuk’ & The Brazilian Jewish Community
Yechiel Spira • Yeshiva World

The Brazilian Jewish community is busy concerning itself with the dibuk according to a Kikar.net report. The bizarre report adds that HaRav Dovid Batzri, a known Mekubal, tried to remove the dibuk via Skype, without success, and now, the ‘infected’ avreich it is on its way to Israel.

The mysterious voice penetrated the Brazilian shul, “I smell many aveiros” and “the end is very near”, prompting mispalalim to look around for the source of the worrisome statements, but there was none to be found. When the voice was heard again, this time in Yiddish, shouting “Get out sinners!” it was recognizable, an avreich from the community. To the astonishment of the mispalalim, his lips were not moving, and those who know him insist he only knows the local language, not Yiddish, Hebrew or any of the other language that was heard emanating from his body.

The gabbai approached him, hoping to halt the shouts, but he was greeted with Hebrew messages, “you look like you are in pain. It appears that you are worshiping avoda zara. I am truly happy to see you”.

The avreich’s abdomen exhibited movement, but not his lips. In the meantime, the ezras nashim emptied as the frightened women fled. The avreich was taken home. He has become the hot topic of conversation in the kehillah. When questioned, the avreich explains he simply does not remember any of the event described to him by members of the community.

His wife however heard him shouting in his sleep, this time in German, but she did not understand what he was saying. The question asked is that even if we assume he lost his mind, how did he learn the other languages?

It’s A Real Dibuk

Days have passed but the community is not calming down. The avreich appeared totally normal until that “cursed moment” when something overpowers him, each time in a different language. When the event ends, he does not remember a thing.

His wife has demanded a ‘get’ since she is simply afraid, but then it remains uncertain if he is capable of giving one in his current [temporary] state.

The community rav was notified, and he contacted HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita, with whom he maintains contact. Rav Chaim was briefed at length, leading to many questions, until he began probing seforim, ultimately announcing “this is a real dibuk”. Rav Chaim explained that the Chafetz Chaim and the Chazon Ish knew how to expel a dibuk, but in our generation, there is only one man, sending them to Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita. “Tell him that by all the signs, this is a genuine dibuk. Perhaps he will know what to do,” Rav Chaim is quoted as saying.

Rav Shteinman also probed and questioned, as well as investigating in seforim, coming to the same conclusion, adding there is a man in Yerushalayim by the name of Rav Batzri who knows how to remove a dibuk, and “perhaps he will know what to do”.

After it was determined that it would be extremely difficult to bring the avreich to Eretz Yisrael, arrangements were made to attempt to remove the dibuk using Skype and a computer, permitting the rav and the avreich to see one another.

Rav Kanievsky was approached again, asked if perhaps he could recite or perform a tikun, but he declined, explaining he lacks the expertise, explaining the best he can do is to sincerely wish a total recovery. Family members continued to address R’ Chaim to assist, asking if the bring the avreich if he would be able to help. They began explaining the concepts of the modern electronic communications devices, but Rav Chaim stated “it will not do any good since he must be physically present to assist him”.

Rav Chaim explained that he can give the same bracha from here to Brazil as he can in person, but this is all he is capable of doing. The family however is working to bring the avreich here since R’ Chaim did state that one never knows with absolute certainty and perhaps, in front of the patient, a tikun may have an impact.

As of now, the avreich is going to come to Israel and the mekubalim led by HaRav Dovid Batzri Shlita will do what they can to free him from the dibuk.

NOTE: As written in the opening sentence of the above article, this story is a Kikar report. YWN has not been able to verify the story.

And now, here are the results of the exorcism:

Rabbi Batzri: ‘Get Out Dibuk!’
Yechiel Spira - Yeshiva World

There was a mechitza set up between the many who came to observe and the mekubalim headed by HaRav David Batzri Shlita, who was attempting to remove the dibuk from the Brazilian avreich in Jerusalem’s Yeshivat Shalom on Wednesday night.

“Get out Dibuk!” shouted the rabbonim as shofars were sounded in the background. “Tell us your name”.

Prior to the event, the avreich, who arrived from Brazil earlier in the week, visited a number of Gedolei Yisrael Shlita, including Jerusalem Tzaddik Rav Zundel Kroizer Shlita.

The mekubalim gathered in the ezras nashim of the shul, separated from the crowd by the mechitza that was closed to prevent seeing what was taking place, permitting observers to listen in, no more.

At one point, the dibuk appeared willing to leave the host, via an eye, but Rav Batzri shouted he does not have permission to harm the young man, ordering him to leave via the small toe of his left foot only, with causing any harm to the young man.

The mekubalim did everything they could to compel the dibuk to leave, but apparently, even the special tikunim recited were not enough to extract the foreign entity from the young avreich.

Witnesses report as the tzibur recited Shema and 13 Midos along with the mekubalim, two different distinct voices were heard from the young avreich.

Despite all the efforts, it appears Rav Batzri was unsuccessful in his efforts to remove the dibuk from the avreich.

[Hat Tip: CS.]

Comments

[hanavon]

i love it! they don't believe in carbon dating, global warming, evolution...they 'know' that scientists are all wrong...however, when it comes to dibbuks, the infestation of a persons body by a disembodied soul, based solely on hearsay, oh, it must be true! empirical data can't be right, but anecdotal evidence, that must be true! the problem is that the contemporary orthodox movement comes out of an eastern european mindset from the dark ages, that hadn't accepted the enlightenment, it hadn't accepted modern scholarship in any way, and in fact, they hadn't accepted the renaissance when it happened either. before the enlightenment, people accepted anecdotal evidence as the basis of their beliefs, with no proof or data...in fact, before the enlightenment, scientific proof and empirical evidence, which used the socratic method were often viewed as heretical...sound familiar? this is the current state of 'haredi' judaism. if they don't adapt to the real world, they will be stuck in their black and white vortex of time, relics of an age long gone, until they will not be able to adapt, and they will cease to be.

[Dr. Dave]

It's called schizophrenia folks.

He needs a psychiatrist, not an exorcist.

[chaim]

as a chareidi jew myself,i am absolutely ashamed and embarrased from these criminaly insane ignorant savages,who give judaism a black eye,and make a mockery of our beautiful religion

[Althelion]

"Your mother eats matzah balls in hell Batzri!"

[WoolSilkCotton]

++chaim | January 07, 2010 at 08:17 AM++

I am not orthodox, but I feel the same way you do.

[Ben]

This is a "true authentic Judaism" everybody. The gadoylim of today are all on board and who are you to disagree with their daas toyra?

[dirtyshirt]

It is terribly sad to see how many honest and well meaning yidden will buy into this nonsense. Why can't we just stick to Toras Hashem? Why do we feel that we need something deep and black that we cannot understand? Are our lives so devoid of meaning that we hope everything has a deeper translation.Is not the fact that we are living the words of Hakodosh Baruch Hu satisfying enough?
Why don't we look at where these practices really "shtam" from. A quick look at wikipedia tells us more than enough.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism)

CHRISTIANITY "In Christian practice the person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a member of the church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills. The exorcist may use prayers, and religious material, such as set formulas, gestures, symbols, icons, amulets, etc. The exorcist often invokes God, Jesus and/or several different angels and archangels to intervene with the exorcism."

HINDUISM-"Vaishnava traditions also employ a recitation of names of Narasimha and reading scriptures (notably Bhagavata Purana) aloud. According to Gita Mahatmya of Padma Purana, reading the 3rd, 7th and 8th chapter of Bhagavad Gita and mentally offering the result to departed persons helps them to get released from their ghostly situation."

BUDDISM-"The Zen technique of exorcism is thus described by “a visiting Zen Buddhist monk” exorcist : “I recall one person who was being bothered by a spirit who refused to leave. I could see the spirit myself ... . But I could also see that it was a product of the individual’s ... . When I explained the nature of the spirit to the individual, ... the spirit was gradually absorbed through the top of the person’s head"

We are an Am Hakodosh. We have no business with the Chukas Hagoyim.

[effie]

I'm not sure whether it is a mental illness, a need for attention, or a con job.

[Yochanan Lavie]

Isn't exorcise good for your health? (/humor)

[Lisa]

What about the dybbuk's rights?

[Ben]

YL, funny.

[alternative childcare]

If I were a dybbuk, I would have been disturbed by the arrival of Elior Chen in Brazil as well.
But nowadays, don't dybbuks grab people through the TV set? "They're here!!!!"

[ds]

I wonder if it has something to do with the version of Skype the Rabbi was using? They disabled the anti-dybduk add-on a few versions ago.

[seymour]

hey maybe he wanted a free ride to Israel.

I cannot believe that people still believe this crap

[Ben]

They do believe this seymour and they do believe much more then this. Have you ever been in haredi enclaves of Israel and talked to davka FFB haredim? You'd be shocked to see the level of superstion. It goes beyond gypsy.

[iubelo]

Isn't it possible that those saintly rabbis were only putting on a scam,in order to steal money from this poor guy?Maybe they don't believe at all in this dibbuk-bs;maybe they had a good laugh after the guy went back to Brazil without a couple thousand dollars...

[seymour]

They do believe this seymour and they do believe much more then this. Have you ever been in haredi enclaves of Israel and talked to davka FFB haredim? You'd be shocked to see the level of superstion. It goes beyond gypsy.

Posted by: Ben | January 07, 2010 at 05:00 PM

I was brought up ultra frum In NYC I never heard of suvh stuff being done in our times

[Yochanan Lavie]

Apologies to the movie:

If there's something strange
in your beit midrash
Who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters!

If there's something meshuggeh
and it looks far fetched
Who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters!

I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk 2x

If you're seeing things
running through your shul
Who can you call?
Dybbuk-busters!

An invisible man
making the rabbi drool
Oh, who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters!

I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk 2x

Who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters!!

If you're willing
say some tehillim
And call:
Dybbuk-busters!

I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk
I hear it likes the bochurim
I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk

Nu, nu, nu, nu

Who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters!

Well, if you've had a dose of
a frummie Dybbuk, bubbeleh
You'd better call:
Dybbuk-busters! Oy!

Let me tell you something
Davenin' makes me feel helige

I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk
I ain't afraid of no Dybbuk

Don't get caught alone, oy vey
Dybbuk-busters!

When it comes through your door
Unless you just want some more
I think you better call
Dybbuk-busters!!

Oy!

Who you gonna call?
Dybbuk-busters! 2x

[steve]

YL,

Awesome! Even better than your first "Ghostbusters" parody. Apologies to Ray Parker Jr.

[Yochanan Lavie]

Thanks, Steve.

[david shetrit]

um, first of all that song happens to be ridiculously funny, great call(can u put it on youtube.....it would be sick)

but for all you self hating jews out there, its disgusting to see how much belief you all LACK. if rav Kanievsky said that its a dibuk then you all better belief that its dibuk b/c who are you to know more then these rabbi's? if you dont believe in the words of the rabbi then you probably dont believe in your religion and in hashem. this rabbi clearly knows what he is talking about. there was once a dibuk situation that occured around 10 years ago, and i saw it on tape and if you want go to youtube in watch ot on tape, not only can you hear the dibuk talking from the lady's stomach when he finaly leaves the body you hear the crashing from the window( where he left from!!!!)

[steve]

Rav Kanievsky never said that it's a dibuk, he simply referred the man to Rabbi Batzri.

[JJ]

Steve- good observation. Rav Kanievsky is a Gadols Gadol. He says it seems like a dybbuk but he has no expertise with these things. He knows that although there is such a thing as a dybbuk it is very uncommon and unlikely. He doesn't want to end up with egg on his face if this is actually a fake and a sham which he partly suspects. I have to say all Rabbanim should be like Rav Kannievsky. He is openminded but weighs things carefully and doesn't jump to conclusions. That takes Gadlus.
Now for all you Gadol bashers above, I would like for you to meet Rav Kanievsky et al before passing judgement on them. Even though your mouths and fingers drip venom towards anything pure and holy they would talk to you and show you love like only a holy Gadol who devotes his life to God can.

[alternative childcare]

Yosef was a mensch but then acquired a dybbuk
Said things he couldn't explain
Dybbuk was a guy before he rode his Honda
Too fast into the coming lane
Get back, Get back
Get back to where you once belonged

Batzri was a guy who thought he had a power
But he was just a shill
Tried to skype the dybbuk out into the ether
Dybbuk stayed in Brazil
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged

[R]

Great story. They have been watching the excorsist too many times.
This guy needs some medication, he probably also suffers from tourettes among other mental issues.
I like how the rabbis are embracing new technology by using skype to rid the man of this dybuk.
I think it's a skype ad gone wrong.

[Ben]

How do we know that dibbuk is not possessing Rav Batzri and Rav Kanevski? What if they are possessed (they behave like they are for years)? Who is going to help them? Pope?

[Althelion]

"who are you to know more then these rabbi's?" - Great line David

The answer is I (and all other Yids) are living, thinking, praying Jews. No more, no less. Rabbis are also living, thinking, praying Jews. No more, no less. Contrary to what these great (sic) gedoylim say, Jews don't need intermediaries to walk with God.

If all the rabbis went away for a year and came back afterward, they would find that the people managed just fine without them.

[david shetrit]

althlion-you have no idea....

[charles kaplan]

i could help this young man.

[hanavon]

I believe this case is simply a ploy, a duplicitous trick, planned by the gedolim in order to regain the faith of jews who have realized that they are corrupt.
they sent the man to make everyone believe this story...

[david shetrit]

how could you have posted something at 420 am?

[Mr. Apikorus]

The same way he could have posted something, at say, 4:21 AM. BTW, all these postings are in Central Standard Time, so if hanavon was posting from, say, Tahiti, he wouldn't be consigning his soul to Hell by posting in the Internet on Shabbot.

[Jeff Eyges]

JJ: Even though your mouths and fingers drip venom towards anything pure and holy

It's a shame TV is assur, because you guys could make a very decent living writing for soap operas.