Prague Golem Attic

The next day the rabbi hid golem s body it in the attic of prague s old new synagogue.

Prague golem attic.

The most famous golem narrative involves judah loew ben bezalel the late 16th century rabbi of prague. Nevertheless his fame is just about the only thing that is clear about him. The golem began wreaking havoc on the non jewish citizens of prague. Golem of prague it is said that the body of golem created by rabbi judah loew ben bezalel lies in the attic where the genizah of prague s community is kept.

Some say that he essentially turned the creature on with a shem a religious parchment with a secret word written on it. A legend is told of a nazi agent during world war ii broaching the genizah but who perished instead. He not only locked the attic but removed the wooden staircase leading up as well. In jewish folklore a golem ˈ ɡ oʊ l ə m goh ləm.

Without this the golem merely stood there lifeless. Rabbi loew controlled him through various incantations. To this day psalm 92 is recited twice during services in prague s most famous synagogue. גולם is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter usually clay or mud the word was used to mean an amorphous unformed material in psalms and medieval writing.

The legend of golem. To keep the clay body undiscovered and undisturbed the rabbi forbid all the people from coming to the attic. After the golem had put a stop to these harmful murderous rampages through the jewish neighborhoods the maharal deanimated him and locked his body in the attic of prague s old new synagogue. Still golem does truly belong to prague.

The quotation marks show that even his existence is disputed and quite frankly it is also seriously doubted.