By Yehuda Lahav, Haaretz
The Czech post has issued a new stamp to mark 400 years since the death of Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel, also known as the Maharal of Prague, who according to legend created a man out of clay.
The Maharal was an important rabbi in Prague in the 16th and early 17th centuries. He best known for the legend of the “Golem,” in which he is said to have created from clay a living being that had superhuman powers and that was used to defend the Jews of the Prague Ghetto.
Still today, many believe that the body of the Golem is trapped in the attic of Prague’s “Alt Noi Shul” synagogue.
The Maharal served as an admired teacher during a difficult time for Jews shortly after Spanish Inquisition, the Protestant reformation movement and other major social changes.
He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in the Prague old city, and his grave serves as a place of pilgrimage to many Jews every year.
Neighboring Slovakia has also recently paid respect to its Jewish past, having issued a stamp to commemorate Chatam Sofer, a leading rabbi in the capital Bratislava in the first half of the century.
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
They could have commemorate the Maharal in a much more Jewish and lastibg way, not as some weird magician.
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.
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]…”