The Prague Golem - Jewish struggle against oppression
Qabalah Kabbalistic Jewish Stories of survival "The Prague Golem" ISBN 8072530410
In the 16th century an old Jewish man named Rabbi Judah Loew lived in Prague at a time when the Jewish people of Prague were being attacked and lived in fear. Rabbi Loew decided to protect the Jews against pogroms by creating the Golem, a giant who according to the Kabbalah could be made of clay from the banks of the Vltava. Following the prescribed rituals, the Rabbi built the Golem and made him come to life by reciting a special incantation in Hebrew. The word "emet", meaning "truth", was placed on the Golem's forehead. This book comes from Prague - one of the most significant towns of European Judaism for centuries. The stories are about the wise Rabbi Loew, the Golem and wealthy Mordecai Maisel allow us to visualize the long lost world of the Jewish Prague. Beautifully illustrated in stark black-and-white.
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