Similarly, it is often used today as a metaphor for a mindless lunk or entity that serves a man under controlled conditions, but is hostile to him under other conditions. In Modern Hebrew, golem is used to mean 'dumb' or 'helpless', or a pupa. The Mishnah uses the term for an uncultivated person: 'Seven characteristics are in an uncultivated person, and seven in a learned one', ( שבעה דברים בגולם) ( Avot 5:7 in the Hebrew text English translations vary). The word golem occurs once in the Bible in Psalm 139:16, which uses the word גלמי ( golmi my golem), that means 'my light form', 'raw' material, connoting the unfinished human being before God's eyes. Over the centuries, it has been used to connote war, community, isolation, hope, and despair.' Etymology It can be a victim or villain, man or woman-or sometimes both. According to Moment magazine, 'the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague. “Catherine?” he said again, watching me regard him with a quizzical expression.A golem ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l ə m/ GOH-ləm Hebrew: ‎גּוֹלֶם, romanized: gōlem) is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. I would have assumed it to be above Thaddeus’ egotistical mindset as well. An agreeable notion that had not entered into my petty way of viewing matrimony. It struck me as a perfect description of what marriage ought to be. As if having gained a wife or husband meant having also gained her or his concerns, and hence the need to consider the person’s needs, wants, and preferences as strongly as one’s own. He had said the words as if that simple fact made it necessary to be both thoughtful and kind. “Thanks,” I managed to say and then glanced in the direction of his house-our house. I continued looking at him, unsure how to respond. “Are you ready to go home, Catherine?” he asked.

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