The Dybbuk Audiobook (Free)
Summary:
In the folklore of Eastern Euro Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that involves rest in the body of a full time income person. In this case, the dybbuk can be an impoverished college student that possesses a young bride on her behalf wedding day. She is taken to a great Chassidic rabbi for exorcism. But before he can expel the soul, the sage must discover who the dybbuk was in existence, why he has possessed the maiden, & most importantly, how to equalize the scales of cosmic justice.
Part folk story, part love tale, and part allegory, The Dybbuk re-creates the atmosphere of a bygone period, with all its wealthy laughter, music, folkways, magic, and mankind. This Audie Award-winning production from the Hollywood Theatre of the Ear, the only sound recording of this revered play in the English language, was made possible in part by a grant from Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Individuals Foundation.
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