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Character Breakdown

In order of appearance:

CHONEN, a former yeshiva (an orthodox Jewish college) student, now a rabbi, who has returned to Brinnitz, Poland

THE THREE BATLONIM, or idlers, who are employed by the community to hang out at the synagogue to fill out a minyan (a group of ten adult men needed to pray) when necessary

THE MESSENGER

MAYER, the shammes (beadle) of the Brinnitz synagoge

OLD WOMAN, named Channa-Esther, whose daughter is dying

HENECH, a yeshiva student, a friend of Chonen

FRADDE, Leah's old nurse

LEAH, the daughter of Sender of Brinnitz

GITL, Leah's friend

SIX OR SEVEN YESHIVA STUDENTS, studying late in the Brinnitz synagogue

SENDER OF BRINNITZ, a wealthy man, follower of Rabbi Azriel of Miropol, Poland

TWO OR THREE WEALTHY FRIENDS OF SENDER

FOUR BEGGARS

A POOR WOMAN WITH A BABY

A DISABLED WOMAN

A VERY HOMELY MAN

A VERY OLD POOR WOMAN

BESSYE, Leah's Friend

NACHMAN, father of the bridegroom

RABBI MENDL, teacher of the bridegroom

MENASHE, the bridegroom

MRS. NACHMAN, MENASHE'S AUNTS and UNCLES and COUSINS

A TALL PALE WOMAN

THREE PASSENGERS

RABBI AZRIEL OF MIROPOL, a great Chasidic rabbi, a tzaddik (a righteous man)

MICHL, the gabbe (manager) of Rabbi Azriel

THE SCRIBE, Azriel's court's recording secretary

RABBI SHIMSHIN, the Chief Rabbi of Miropol

THREE CHASIDS, all followers of Rabbi Azriel of Miropol

TWO RABBINICAL JUDGES

Synopsis of A Dybbuk

A Dybbuk takes place in Poland at the turn of the century– for Jews a time of wretchedness, poverty and ever present terror from the prevailing local government. It is not difficult to understand why many devout souls became convinced that they would be delivered from their terrible tribulations by supernatural and mystical doctrines. To a poor, young, impressionable, sensitive, lonely, lovesick, Talmudic scholar, what else except the miraculous was there to place hope in?
The young rabbi, Chonen, is prevented from marrying Leah because he lacks the wealth her father, Sender, seeks for her. Chonen desperately tries to get riches by invoking Satan's help, but he dies at the very moment he is triumphantly crying out, "I have won!" Leah is distraught by Chonen's death, but she has little time to grieve, for she is betrothed to Menashe. On the night of her wedding, she visits her mother's grave; there she is possessed by a dybbuk, an alien spirit. It is Chonen's spirit. His spirit, unable to ascend to Heaven, must inhabit a human body. To exorcise this spirit, the family must go to Mirapol to consult the chief rabbis. Before the Dybbuk can be expelled, one of the rabbis, Rabbi Shimshin, has a dream. The dream reveals that as a youth, Sender and his friend Nissen had promised the betrothal of their yet unborn offspring, Leah and Chonen. The spirit of Nissen, who died shortly thereafter, now demands that Sender be brought to trial. The rabbinical court punishes Sender and exorcises the dybbuk amid much ceremony and shofar blowing. They also order the marriage of Leah and Menashe. But before the bridegroom can arrive, Leah dies and her spirit joins Chonen's. (Denver Center A Dybbuk Study Guide)