The sheidim-demons tag has no wiki summary.
8
votes
2answers
225 views
Why should one have marital relations as if forced by a demon?
The gemarah (nedarim 20b) mentions that one of the reasons for having beautiful children is due to having relations "as if forced by a demon". Rashi there explains the term as either indicating that ...
1
vote
0answers
28 views
What does “שברירי ברירי…” do? How?
Bavli, P'sachim 112:1:
ת״ר לא ישתה אדם מים לא מן הנהרות ולא מן האגמים בלילה ואם שתה דמו בראשו מפני הסכנה מאי סכנה סכנת שברירי ואי צחי מאי תקנתיה אי איכא איניש בהדיה לימא ליה פלניא בר פלנתא צחינא ...
3
votes
2answers
99 views
Is it Ossur (forbidden) to sleep alone in a room or house?
It says in Mesechet Shabbos 151b "R' Chanina said: It is forbidden to sleep alone in a house..."
Is this the Halacha?
And are Jews typically careful about this nowadays? If not, why not?
8
votes
5answers
662 views
Sheidim, fact or fiction?
Are there really such thing as sheidim? If so, what are they? Please include sources.
3
votes
1answer
121 views
Which Rabbinic source claimed that the Rambam “killed” the demons?
I've heard many times that the Rambam "killed" the demons rather than simply denying that they ever existed. Which Rabbinic source claims as much? Because the Rambam himself seems to have said that ...
0
votes
3answers
396 views
0
votes
2answers
155 views
Do any Jewish sources mention Satan talking to a Jew?
Do any Jewish sources mention Satan talking to a Jew?
If so, how did the things that were said affect ancient Jewish life?
4
votes
0answers
59 views
Sheidim after the Baal Shem Tov
According to the Minchas Elazar, the Baal Shem Tov evicted the Sheidim from where humans live. Does that mean that they are still located in the wilderness areas and one must be "choshesh" for them ...
3
votes
2answers
192 views
sheidim, servant of satan, death on sight, duck feet?
Are sheidim servants of satan? Will you really die if you see it's true form? And do they really have chicken feet?
4
votes
3answers
286 views
What practices are affected by a belief in demons?
Inspired by R' Slifkin's new monograph, Wrestling with Demons, and acknowledging the fact that the existence of sheidim and other things magical in nature is an age-old dispute, I am wondering about ...
