Commentary for Berakhot 5:15
תנו רבנן מפני שלשה דברים אין נכנסין לחורבה מפני חשד מפני המפולת ומפני המזיקין. מפני חשד ותיפוק ליה משום מפולת
Our Rabbis have taught : For three reasons one should not enter ruins : on account of suspicion, of falling fabric and evil spirits. [Why mention] on account of suspicion, since thou canst derive [a sufficient reason] from the danger of falling fabric ?
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Of immoral intent.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The Evil Spirits of Jewish Folklore correspond to the Jinn of the Arabs. Among the places they are supposed to frequent are "ruined houses" (Lane, p. 229). On Jewish Demonology, see J. E. IV. pp. 514 ff.
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