Two ghost stories in the Talmud

TALMUD WATCH, BELATED HALLOWEEN EDITION: The Best Jewish Ghost Stories Are in the Talmud. Have you heard the one about the ghost who asked her mother to send her a comb and a tube of eyeshadow? (Susannah Brodnitz, heyalma).

Yes, both stories really are in the Talmud in b Berakhot 18b. Follow the link in the article to read the original.

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