Kaddish

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Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	2-16-97
Production Number:	4x12
Date(s):	FICTIONAL YEAR OR DATE(S) OF EVENTS IN EPISODE
Written by:	Howard Gordon
Directed by:	Kim Manners

A hate crime leads to a disturbing series of murders that may involve a being from Jewish folklore bent on revenge...

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Links and References 3.1 Guest Stars 3.2 References

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BEN ZION CEMETERY
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

WEISS RESIDENCE
WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK

BRUNJES COPY SHOP
1525 AVENUE J

PARK STREET SYNAGOGUE

TWENTY-FIRST PRECINCT HOLDING AREA

JUDAICA ARCHIVES
UPPER EAST SIDE MANHATTAN

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[edit] Background Information

• Isaac Luria lived at 1934 Avenue B, Brooklyn, NY, in the Williamsburg section. He was born on 6/10/71.
• Dedication at end of episode states "In Loving Memory: Lillian Katz", Howard Gordon's grandmother.
• The character Issac Luria is named for Rabbi Yitzhak Lauria, also known as the Ari ("the Lion"). Lauria lived in Safed, in what is now northern Israel, in the 15th century, and became legendary as a result of his mystical writings. Most of what is today called Kabbalah is based on his teachings.
• The Hebrew prayers featured in this episode are real, but recited incorrectly. The actors use modern Sephardic pronunciation, which is employed by most Jews in Israel and the diaspora. Hasidic sects like the one featured in this episode, however, are among the few that still employ the Ashkenazi pronunciation, which differs in several noticeable ways, particularly in its pronunciation of the letter "taf" which is a "t" in Sephardi but an "s" in Ashkenazi. This is apparent, for instance, in the Kaddish prayer which opens the episode, in which the first word is pronounced "yitgadal" ("become great"), whereas Hasidic speakers would pronounce it "yisgadal".
• The Sefer Yitzirah ("Book of Creation"), which figures heavily in this episode, is a genuine Kabbalistic text. It is one of the oldest Jewish mystical writings in existence, dated by some to the 1st or 2nd century AD, and is considered the most important book of the Kabbalah next to the canonical Sefer HaZohar ("Book of Radiance").

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[edit] Guest Stars

• Harrison Coe as Isaac Luria
• George Gordon as a Detective
• David Groh as Jacob Weiss
• Timir Karabilgin as Tony Oliver
• Jabin Litwiniec as Clinton Bascombe
• Justine Ziceli as Ariel Luria
• Murrey Pabinovitch as the 1st Hasidic Man
• Channon Roe as Derek Banks
• Jonathan Whittaker as Curt Brunjes
• David Wohl as Kenneth Ungar

[edit] References

arsenic; arsene gas; Book of Creation; Brooklyn; golem; Hasidic Jew; hate crime; Hebrew; reanimation; resurrection; Rosenbaum, Jacob; spontaneous combustion; neo-Nazi

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