Prague Golem Attic

Some say that he essentially turned the creature on with a shem a religious parchment with a secret word written on it.

Prague golem 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 golem legend inspired many artists. Some versions of the tale state that the golem was stolen and entombed in a graveyard in prague s žižkov district where the žižkov television tower now stands. The story it is said was created by jewish german writer berthold auerbach for his 1837 novel spinoza.

The famous story of the golem of prague created by the rabbi loew is considered by some to be a jewish folk story or literary invention dating from the 18th or 19th century. 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. With its high pointed brown roof and few windows the old new synagogue maintains old world style without revealing its. Rabbi loew controlled him through various incantations.

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. Without this the golem merely stood there lifeless. A recent story tells of a nazi agent ascending to the synagogue attic during world war ii and trying to stab the golem but he died instead. A legend is told of a nazi agent during world war ii broaching the genizah but who perished instead.

The golem was never revived and allegedly was later stored in the synagogue s attic which remained locked for centuries.