  ibbur (hebrew: ×¢××××¨, "pregnancy" or "impregnation" or "incubation"), is one of the transmigration forms of the soul and has similarities with gilgul neshamot. ibbur is always good or positive, while dybbuk (yiddish: ×××××§), is negative. ibbur is the most positive form of possession, and the most complicated. it happens when a righteous soul decides to occupy a living person's body for a time, and joins, or spiritually "impregnates" the existing soul. ibbur is always temporary, and the living person may or may not know that it has taken place. often the living person has graciously given consent for the ibbur. the reason for ibbur is always benevolentâthe departed soul wishes to complete an important task, to fulfil a promise, or to perform a mitzva (a religious duty) that can only be accomplished in the flesh.encyclopedia mythica, "dybbuk." http://www.pantheon.org/articles/d/dybbuk.html in lurianic kabbalah, ibbur occurs when an incomplete soul which cannot achieve tikun is completed by the addition of the soul of a tzadik,"×× ×©××" lorena stewart, lenard newport press, 2009, p121 or spiritual master. luria believed this to be possible even whilst the possessor was still alive. ==fictional representations== * richard zimler, the warsaw anagrams, new york: the overlook press, 2011, isbn 978-1-59020-088-9 (an historical novel set in the warsaw ghetto and narrated by an ibbur) ==bibliography== * gershom scholem major trends in jewish mysticism, new york: schocken, 1961. isbn 0-8052-0005-3 * gershom scholem kabbalah, new york: dorset press, 1987. isbn 0-88029-205-9 * howard schwartz lilith's cave: jewish tales of the supernatural, oxford university press, 1991. isbn 978-0-19-506726-2 ==see also== * gilgul (kabbalah) * dybbuk == references == ==external links== * judaism and reincarnation: ibbur and dybbuk * understanding ibbur neshoma ×¢××××¨ × ×©×× from sefer gilgulim of reb chaim vital * discussion of the ibbur in relation to a story of the death of ten sages
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