Golem
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A golem is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezal
Golem – Mikoláš Aleš
Rabbi Loew statue at the New City Hall of Prague
Old New Synagogue of Prague with the rungs of the ladder to the attic on the wall. In the legend, the Golem was in the loft.
The Úštěk Synagogue with a statue of a Golem in Úštěk
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
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Judah Loew ben Bezalel, also known as Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, or simply the Maharal, was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who, for mo
Golem
…anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late-16th-century rabbi of Prague. According to Moment magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. It…
Lion of Judah on the Maharal's gravestone.
The Old New Synagogue, Prague where he officiated
Loew's tombstone in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague