The Synagogue of the Golem

Rabbi Loeb was a Jewish mystic who lived in Prague in the 1500s. It's said that one day he gathered clay from the nearby River Moldau and sculpted it into a giant body. Using The Book Of Creation and the True Name of God he conducted a Kabbalistic ritual with the aim of granting the clay body life. He finalized the animation process by writing The True Name Of God on some parchment and placing it into the construct's mouth.

The Golem would tirelessly help the Rabbi in his work around the Synagogue throughout the week and each Shabbat the Rabbi would remove the parchment from the Golem's mouth in observation of the day of rest. The Golem would lay lifeless and then be reanimated the following day once the parchment was reinserted.

One Shabbat the Rabbi was so preoccupied with his duties that he forgot to remove the parchment. The Golem became enraged and unleashed a whirlwind of destruction throughout the Synagogue and Jewish Quarter. Once Rabbi Loeb realized what he had done he calmed the Golem and removed the parchment. Realizing the danger the Golem posed to those around him the Rabbi decided that it should remain inanimate forever. The parchment was never used again and the clay body of the Golem was stored in the attic of the Synagogue. It's said that traces of the remains can still be found in that attic to this day.