Abstract
In everyday Hebrew, the term golem means “dummy”: a person who doesn’t react, doesn’t answer a question, or is stupid. My personal association with the term dates back to my childhood when some of the teachers in the yeshiva (Jewish parochial school) aimed it at students who didn’t know the answer to a question. They would say,“Al teshev shamah k’mo golem,” meaning, “Don’t just sit there like a golem.” The explanation for this expression comes with a story: the tale of the Golem of Prague. While the story carries with it a great deal of meaning for Jews, it is important to note that the myth of the Golem represents an archetype, one that appears in ancient cultures as well as in our world today.
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