ANNA FIENBERG ?The Golem surged to his feet and towered about us. But before we knew it our golem had a voice and a mind of his own. In most legends the golem can?t speak he simply obeys. And from that time every generation had a favourite golem to help in time of need. The most famous golem was made by Rabbi Judah Low of Prague in the 1500s. The golem stories grew very popular in the 16th century when the world grew even more dangerous than usual for Jewish people. The usual way to make one was to write the word truth on a slip of paper and put it in the mouth or on the forehead of the image while a secret formula was said. Legend tells us they called these images golems. Later on in the Middle Ages people became very interested in magic and they tried to make persons from clay or wood. Back then a golem was a half-formed creature ? a kind of spirit. Nobody knows for sure when golems were first thought of but they?ve been around in Jewish culture for thousands of years. VIVA BOOKS PRIVATE LIMITED Tashi and The Golem - 16 by Anna Fienberg Barbara Fienberg Kim Gamble
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