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Dybbuk

In Jewish folklore, an evil spirit or doomed soul that possesses a person body and soul, speaking through the person's mouth and causing such torment and anguish that another personality appears to manifest itself. In early folklore dybukkim were thought to only inhabit the bodies of sick persons.

The Kabbalah, a body of medieval esoteric and mystical writings of Judaism , contains many proceedings and instuctions for exorcising a dybbuk, which were still employed as of the 20th century. The exorcism must be performed by the ba'al shem, a miracle working rabbi. The dybbuk usually exits the body of its victim through the small toe, which shows a small, bloody hole as the point of departure.