Editing Exorcism (section)

==Judaism==
{{see also|Dybbuk}}
[[Josephus]] reports exorcisms performed by administering poisonous root extracts and others by making sacrifices.<ref>[http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/war7.html Josephus, "B. J." vii. 6, § 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023222506/http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/war7.html |date=2019-10-23 }}; Sanh. 65b.</ref>

In more recent times, Rabbi Yehuda Fetaya (1859–1942) authored the book ''Minchat Yahuda'', which deals extensively with exorcism, his experience with possessed people, and other subjects of Jewish thought. The book is written in Hebrew and was translated into English.

The Jewish exorcism ritual is performed by a [[rabbi]] who has mastered [[Kabbalah]]. Also present is a [[minyan]] (a group of ten adult males), who gather in a circle around the possessed person. The group recites [[Psalm 91]] three times, and then the rabbi blows a [[shofar]] (a ram's horn).<ref name=ghostvillage.com>{{cite web|last1=Belanger|first1=Jeff|title=Dybbuk – Spiritual Possession and Jewish Folklore|url=http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends32_11292003.shtml|website=Ghostvillage.com|access-date=12 December 2014|date=29 November 2003|archive-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909130733/http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends32_11292003.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The shofar is blown in a certain way, with various notes and tones, in effect to "shatter the body" so that the possessing force will be shaken loose. After it has been shaken loose, the rabbi begins to communicate with it and ask it questions such as why it is possessing the body of the possessed. The minyan may pray for it and perform a ceremony for it in order to enable it to feel safe, and so that it can leave the person's body.<ref name="ghostvillage.com"/>