Shoftim 18:11 · unit 3

TT #175 · Parashas Shoftim · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 18:11

The Complete Passuk

וְחֹבֵ֖ר חָ֑בֶר וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל אוֹב֙ וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃

Or a charmer of charms, or one who inquires of a ghost or a familiar spirit, or one who seeks the dead.

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 65b.

TT lemma: וְיִדְּעֹנִי.

Core Text

וְיִדְּעֹנִי – זֶה הַמֵּשִׂים עֶצֶם בְּפִיו.

English: ‘And a familiar spirit’ – this is one who places a bone in his mouth (and speaks through it).

On the daf / in context: Definition of yidoni.

Derash defining the familiar spirit (Bavli) — a concrete description of the forbidden practice.

Consulting a familiar spirit (yidoni) by the described method is forbidden.