Random Jewish Minutae

[gnomi]

I'm almost sure I posted this in the past, but since it came up in conversation last night, I'll post it again:

How to Create a Golem from the Comfort of Home

Just in case you need to build your own.

Comments

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Cute!

[donovanstitch.livejournal.com]

Will there be an AskNomi demonstration workshop? Also, I visited the Altneu* shul in 1997 (davened there daily for several days, actually), and the attic was off-limits. Worth seeing anyway.

* Some interesting linguistic issues about the name. It's usually translated as "old-new," but the likely more accurate translation is from the Hebrew "al-t'nai" meaning "conditional" in the sense that the building was historically used for multiple communal purposes, so it was designated as a synagogue, subject to the right to use it for such other purposes. (Not sure whether these included golem construction.)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm not currently planning a demonstration, but I'll let you know if some Golem-requiring occasion comes up.

And that's very interesting about the shul's name. Thanks!