by S. Ansky translated by Henry G. Alsberg and Winifred Katzin
Music composed by Stephen Deutsch with
Why, from highest height To deepest depth below, Has the soul fallen?
Within itself, the Fall Contains the Resurrection.
Chassidism was the last great religious movement in Jewry of Eastern Europe, and was founded by the holy Rabbi Balshem in the 18th century.
The action of The Dybbuk takes place in a small Chassidic village in
Russia at the turn of the century. The study of the mystic Kabala was common to all the men of the community and life in Miropol hovers between two worlds - the real world and that of supernatural forces.
Leah is about to be married when she becomes possessed by a spirit - a dybbuk: who is this dybbuk? Why does he refuse to leave her? Can he be exorcised? adapted for radio and directed by LIANE AUKIN