Simon Dein

BIBLIOMANCY AND JUDAISM: THE CASE OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE

This paper examines bibliomancy in Judaism. Following a historical overview of this topic, it focuses upon the late Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Igros Kodesh as a form of bibliomancy. To receive the Rebbe’s counsel and blessings, Lubavitchers insert questions and requests into this text. They find a response by opening the same...