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How did the golem legend emerge in Jewish culture?

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The Golem in a nutshell: creation + magic + physics = the Golem. Creation, because in Adam's first 12 hours of existence, he is a golem, meaning "a body without soul. read more

In the Jewish tradition the golem is made by the repeated invocation of the tetragrammaton — the four letter name of god pronounced as adonai. The legend of the golem is of the man of clay, of the element earth, who is built by a human being in imitation of the gods. This is an act of extreme hubris. which invites retaliation by the gods. read more

In order to protect the Jewish quarter, the rabbi created a golem. As the golem possessed incredible strength, it also helped out with physical labour in the rabbi’s household and the synagogue. Additionally, the golem was given a special necklace made of deerskin and decorated with mystic signs. This necklace made the golem invisible. read more

The Jewish physician and folklorist Leopold Weisel (1804–1873), who had recorded Jewish oral traditions from Prague during his years as a medical student, and who also published in Panorama des Universums, related his own version of the golem legend in the 1847 anthology Sipurim: Eine Sammlung jüdischer Volkssagen, published by Wolf Pascheles. read more

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