Golem of Prague, Fact or Fiction

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July 07 2009
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This lecture was given at The Intercontinental Hotel in Vienna, during a Jewish Heritage Tour led by Dr Leiman. The lecture discusses the earliest mention of the golem in the literature.

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    1. Title: sources
      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Aryeh Lebowitz &##44;

      <p>would it be possible to track down the source packet for this lecture and post it?</p>

    2. Title: Golem
      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Dan Pekins &##44;

      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">It should be noted that Reb Yudel does indeed give credit to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for at least <em>part</em> of the Choshen story. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">See page 5 of the preface and page 26 of the book Choshen Hamishpot discussed by Dr Leiman. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">One can see it here: </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://hebrewbooks.org/21491"><span style="font-size: small; color: #800080; font-family: Times New Roman;">http://hebrewbooks.org/21491</span></a></p>

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      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Nachum Lamm &##44;

      <p>R' Leiman mentions this in his published article on the topic.</p>

    4. Title: Golem
      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Matthew Liebenberg &##44;

      <p>I enjoyed the lecture but it seems to be incomplete and ends with the beginning of the story of Johan Sylvester.&nbsp; Is it possible to get the end of the lecture?</p>

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