Feature Creatures
A creature made by man, molded from clay, created to protect the Jewish community
Golem
A funeral custom rooted in a traditional belief that evil spirits are attracted to a house of mourning. Doing ___ is thought to prevent these spirits from using the it's reflection as a doorway
Covering mirrors
2023 horror movie based on Hassidic folklore
The Offering
A possessor demon who inhabits the souls of the living from early modern Jewish mythology
Dybbuk
The belief that someone can cause harm to another person simply by looking at them with jealousy or ill will. ___ is warded off by using amulets like hamsas.
The Evil Eye
Tim Burton's 2005 stop-motion movie based off a Russian-Jewish folktale called "The Finger"
The Corpse Bride
In Jewish tradition, a terrifying primordial sea monster in the shape of a giant crocodile
Leviathan
A practice rooted in the medieval fear of the evil power of demons, intended to prevent them from stealing “holy knowledge” for nefarious purposes
Closing prayer books when not in use
Name that Jewish actress! A lead in the 1993 Halloween movie Hocus Pocus
Bette Midler
According to lore, Adam's first wife. Known in some traditions as a demon, but in contemporary times, a symbol of female independence
Lilith
___ is done after hearing something terrible to prevent it from happening to you, and after hearing good news to ensure it is not spoiled by envy.
Spitting three times
Adam Sandler stars in this Halloween children's movie
Hubie Halloween (2020)
Dark arts practitioner who helps King Saul contact the soul of Samuel from beyond the grave
The Witch of Endor
An old wives' tale: Funeral garments are traditionally sewn around a deceased person, so doing this will make it clear to spirits that the recipient is still alive
Chewing on threads while sewing
Yiddish language horror movie taking place in a Hasidic community, following the all night Shiva of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor
The Vigil (2020)