In the 16th century, Prague was a city under siege. Ruled by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, the city was rife with anti-Semitic sentiment and the Jewish people lived in constant fear of pogroms. It was in this turmoil that Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, known as the Maharal of Prague, found himself. Known for his great wisdom, it was prophesied that he would create a Golem, a creature of clay, to protect the Jewish people. And so, he did. Guided by his deep understanding of the Kabbalah and the rituals it contained, the Maharal called upon God to breathe life into the clay figure. Once alive, the Golem served as a tireless protector of Prague’s Jewish community, foiling plots and saving innocent lives. However, the Golem was not without its weaknesses. The rabbi controlled it by writing God’s name on a piece of paper and putting it in the Golem’s mouth, but it could not function on the Sabbath. One Friday, the Maharal forgot to remove the paper. The Golem went out of control. The creature began to destroy anything in its path. In the end, the Maharal managed to subdue the Golem by removing the paper from its mouth, causing it to return to a lifeless clay statue. The body of the Golem was then supposedly stored in the attic of the Old New Synagogue, where it is said to lay dormant, waiting for the day when it will be needed once more to protect the Jewish community.