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Czech Honor Golem Creator

The Czech post has issued a new stamp to honor Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel, also known as the Maharal of Prague, who according to legend created the Golem out of clay. Full Story

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cool i was just there!
August 14, 2009 2:52 am
to comment number #1
August 13, 2009 5:02 pm

dont forget how the Rebbe made sure that there was a stamp of the Rambam to spread his picture around the world and to get it printed in as many countries as possible

What a pity!
August 13, 2009 11:13 am

They could have commemorate the Maharal in a much more Jewish and lastibg way, not as some weird magician.

A myth never proven to be true
August 12, 2009 6:18 pm

there is no substantial recorded evidence of the golems existence, the original author and creator of the golem character was well known for his fictional stories and ideas.
also the story with the rebbe rashab does not mention the word golem in it.

it shows where their own history comes from
August 12, 2009 8:43 am
Disgrace
August 12, 2009 6:35 am

See the Rebbe’s Igros, vol. 18, p. 236, where the Rebbe addresses the idea of a stamp with the Alter Rebbe’s picture: “I think it is out of the question, for in the end, the stamps end up in… besides the unavoidable issue of the stamp and the picture being hit [by the posal machines]…”

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