Name: Ragman
Alias: Rory Regan
Affiliation: Sentinels of Magic, Shadowpact
Bio: When he ventures out into the night to fight crime, Jewish superhero Rory Regan wears a suit of rags; each patch on the suit is made from the soul of an evildoer. Rory’s mentor, the late Rabbi Luria, taught him to control the suit’s potentially deadly powers and also how to do a mean backstitch.
Strength: Ragman’s suit absorbs the souls of evil men; the absorbed soul then becomes a patch on the suit. Rory can also call on the souls in the suit to lend him their power. In other words, it’s people! The Ragman’s suit is people! Like that freaky ending of that Freddy Krueger movie?! Gross!
Weakness: Laundromats. Seriously, does he ever clean that suit?
Exemplary Jewish Value: He don’t need no tzedakah box, Ragman works to help the poor in the ghetto every night!
Real World Organizational Match: Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Biblical Validation: "We have all become like an unclean thing, and all our virtues like a filthy rag." (Isaiah 64:6) "Blessed are you…who clothes the naked." (Birkot HaShachar/morning blessings)
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