But sometimes, this transmigration takes a dissonant, ghastly form. Souls that cannot find solace and wander restlessly take over an already ‘occupied’ body. They enter a living person as a dybbuk – ...

Apparently, Qamar had been possessed by the spirit – or dybbuk – of her late husband Nissim Ben Bunya while engaged to, or just married with, Joseph Moses Ben Sarah. In the prayer, Joseph and the rest ...