Index: JackrabbitQueryParser.java
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--- JackrabbitQueryParser.java	(revision 1089329)
+++ JackrabbitQueryParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -87,10 +87,17 @@
                     // escape tilde so we can use it for similarity query
                     rewritten.append("\\");
                 }
+                if (escaped) {
+                    rewritten.append('\\');
+                    escaped = false;
+                }				
                 rewritten.append('~');
             } else if (textsearch.charAt(i) == ':') {
                 // fields as known in lucene are not supported
                 rewritten.append("\\:");
+                if (escaped) {
+                    escaped = false;
+                }				
             } else {
                 if (escaped) {
                     rewritten.append('\\');