Its rich universality gives the work renewed meaning wherever it is revived. Roskies reveals that Ansky's return to Mother Russia was accompanied by a profound renegotiation with his hasidic heritage, the Yiddish language, and the Jewish historical imagination. The Dybbuk by S Ansky (pseudonym of Shloyme Zanvil Rapoport, 1863-1920), is the most frequently performed Yiddish play. /rebates/2f97808402135632fDybbuk-S-Ansky-08402135652fplp&. An altogether excellent anthology, this volume offers a superior introduction to the brilliant, brooding works of a Yiddish master (Publishers Weekly). Often individuals suffering from nervous or mental disorders were taken to a miracle-working rabbi (baal shem. Belief in such spirits was especially prevalent in 16th17th-century eastern Europe. In his introduction to this volume, David G. Ansky(Author) 4.9 out of 5 stars23 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. dybbuk, also spelled dibbuk, plural dybbukim, in Jewish folklore, a disembodied human spirit that, because of former sins, wanders restlessly until it finds a haven in the body of a living person. The Dybbuk had its world premiere in that language, performed by the Vilna Troupe at Warsaw in 1920. It was originally written in Russian and later translated into Yiddish by Ansky himself. Ansky had just returned from an epoch-making ethnographic expedition through the Yiddish heartland of Eastern Europe, and what he found in the towns and townlets of the Ukraine was a religious civilization that mediated the living and the dead, the strong and the weak, the natural and the supernatural. In the folklore of Eastern European Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that comes to rest in the body of a living person. The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds is a play by S. Ansky (1863-1920) brings together the saga of his own youthful rebellion against religious authority, his abiding faith in the power of the simple folk, his utopian struggle for equality, and his newfound commitment to the Jewish people. Edition of the New Yiddish Library Series, the critically acclaimed translations published in partnership with Yale University Press & the Yiddish Book Center.

The dybbuk by s ansky