> I know the legend. > > My question was, what if the figure is in the likeness of a Gentile? Are > there goyim golems? > >
Well, the Golem is not actually "in the likeness" of _anyone_. It's just a clay figure. The rabbi formed it for the purpose, he didn't take an existing statue or something.
True. However, this current subthread started with the following:
At 07:50 PM 8/9/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote:
I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down. You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead?
prompting me to ask:
At 06:38 AM 8/10/03 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
I dunno. Was Lincoln Jewish? If not, why would a statue of him pay any attention to what a rabbi does?
(Just be glad I didn't suggest that to make it work they might have to get a rabbi who is also a stonemason to perform a bris . . . )
-- Ronn! :~)
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