Prague Golem Attic

Golem is clearly one of the most famous personalities who walked through the prague streets.

Prague golem attic.

The golem was never revived and allegedly was later stored in the synagogue s attic which remained locked for centuries. Rabbi loew controlled him through various incantations. The golem began wreaking havoc on the non jewish citizens of prague. 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.

The most famous golem narrative involves judah loew ben bezalel the late 16th century rabbi of prague. He not only locked the attic but removed the wooden staircase leading up as well. The quotation marks show that even his existence is disputed and quite frankly it is also seriously doubted. Some say that he essentially turned the creature on with a shem a religious parchment with a secret word written on it.

The legend of golem. 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. To keep the clay body undiscovered and undisturbed the rabbi forbid all the people from coming to the attic. 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.

The next day the rabbi hid golem s body it in the attic of prague s old new synagogue. Still golem does truly belong to prague. In jewish folklore a golem ˈ ɡ oʊ l ə m goh ləm. To this day psalm 92 is recited twice during services in prague s most famous synagogue.

Rabbi judah loew ben bezalel the chief rabbi of prague in the late 16th century was said to have created a golem out of clay from the banks of the vltava river and brought it to life through rituals and hebrew incantations to defend the prague ghetto from anti semitic attacks.