Video Surfaces of Rabbi David Batzri Performing Exorcism in 1999

A 25-minute video from 1999 has resurfaced, showing the late Rabbi David Batzri performing an exorcism on a widow named Yehudit Sigvaker. The video documents the rabbi's efforts to expel a dybbuk, identified as Pinchas ben Sofi, which had reportedly entered Sigvaker's body two years after her husband's death.

In the footage, Rabbi Batzri conducts religious rituals and urges the spirit possessing the woman to leave. The dybbuk, speaking through Sigvaker, admits to having committed "many sins" when questioned by the rabbi about its transgressions.

The event was recorded at the time, and various recordings and videos of the ritual have circulated over the years. One such video was uploaded to YouTube in 2015 under the title "The Dybbuk - Pinchas ben Sofi - Year 1999 - Rabbi David Batzri Exorcises a Dybbuk." This particular upload has garnered over 140,000 views, bringing renewed attention to the incident.