03.05.09

CHEM of the Golem

After much negotiation with the Kohen, and after a rigorous trial during which I was deeply questioned concerning my certain knowledge of secret things heretofore discussed only among that august brotherhood, the Maharal speaking for the council conceded to turn into my keeping the CHEM of the golem created so long ago by Maharal Judah Loew ben Bezalel. Their one commandment to me, and my promise to them, is that I would bend all my will the secret of the golem, and try to unlock the secret that has eluded them for so long: That the CHEM may give life, as they are the very names of God, but the Golem cannot speak. To this task I will dutifully cleave my attention, in concert with my other research, of course.

Many CHEM were made in those days, and the art was almost lost until Judah Loew ben Bezalel created his giant in prague.

…Incidentally, the respected Sanhedrin there assembled revealed to me an interesting historical revelation. ‘While it is true that we hebrews built the pyramids of Aegypt’ an old scholar said to me late one afternoon over mint tea in the Jewish Quarter, ‘we did not in any way use our own hands.’ He sat back and chuckled to himself, shaking his head. We learned what we could from the old priests of Anubis. We took their secrets south with us. But it was WE who created the Golem. WE learned the secret of the fourfold name, and they wanted it. We made golem for them to build their tombs that you call pyramids, and the king, he would not let us come or go after that. He feared us. He feared our CHEM. He intended to force us to make him an army of golem..’ he smiled at my slyly, putting his finger by his nose ‘Moses t disabused him of this notion.’