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According to Yoram Bilu, belief in these creatures operates on three “levels of control” including the “strengthening of social conformity.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these possessive spirits from Judaic lore, sometimes contrasted with ibbur. These creatures, whose name derives from a word for “cling,” appear in a play by S. An-sky (“S. ANN-skee”) and the film A Serious Man.
ANSWER: dybbuks (“DIB-uck”) [or dybbukim]
[10h] In one story, a widow in this city expels a dybbuk by declaring belief in the parting of the Red Sea three times. While working in this city, one scholar explained the concept of tikkun in terms of holy sparks.
ANSWER: Safed [or Tzfat; or Sfat] (The story is “The Widow of Safed,” as attested in Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz. The scholar is Isaac Luria.)
[10e] The Widow of Safed was vulnerable to possession because she adorned one of these objects with an empty mezuzah. In Exodus, blood was placed on these objects to save families from the tenth plague.
ANSWER: doors [accept doorposts or door frames]
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago BRutgers0000
Columbia AMichigan1001020ME
Cornell AHarvard1001020ME
FloridaCornell B001010E
Illinois AToronto C1001020ME
IndianaIllinois B1001020ME
MITYale001010E
MarylandOttawa001010E
MinnesotaChicago A1001020ME
NYUVirginia1001020ME
North Carolina AVanderbilt001010E
Penn StateRIT1001020ME
StanfordOhio State1001020ME
TexasColumbia B1001020ME
Toronto ANorth Carolina B1001020ME
UC Berkeley AArizona State1001020ME
UC Berkeley BGeorgia State001010E
Virginia TechUCF001010E
WUSTL AIowa State001010E
WUSTL BToronto B1001020ME
Waterloo ALSE1001020ME
Winona StateBritish Columbia10101030MHE

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2216.3696%64%5%