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Golem Legend
During the reign of Rudolf II, Czech king and German emperor, an educated and experienced man named Rabbi Jehuda Löw ben Bezalel lived in Prague's Jewish ghetto. He was fluent in Talmud and cabala, as well as Mathematics and Astronomy. He discovered some mysteries of Nature that others had overlooked, and he did several unique feats that amazed people with his magical ability.
Jehuda Löw's servant Golem, for example, piqued my interest. Mighty Rabbi created him out of clay and brought him to life by placing a piece of parchment containing magical words into the mouth of the Golem – Shem.
Golem worked as if he had a two-man team. He served, cleaned, drew water, cut wood, swept, and performed all of the housework. He was unusual in that he didn't need to eat, drink, or breathe, and he didn't need to rest. On Sabbath, Friday night, when all work had to cease, Rabbi Löw would take the Shem out of Golem's mouth, at which point he instantly became a dead lump of clay, stood still, did not move, and mounted as a stooge in a corner, where he remained until Sabbath was over and Rabbi placed the magical Shem into his mouth.
However, when it came time to consecrate the Sabbath at the Old-New Synagogue, Rabbi Löw forgot Golem and did not take the Shem from his lips. People from his home and the neighborhood rushed in as soon as the Rabbi entered the house of prayer and began the first psalm, all horrified and in awe. They began to announce, screech, what was happening, what had mattered that Golem was furious, storming and raging at home, and that soon all the rabbi's possessions would be destroyed. Nobody dared to approach him for fear of being killed.
Rabbi paused for a while; the Sabbath was approaching, and the hymn had only just began. Since that time, every form of work requiring the least amount of effort has been considered a sin. But he hadn't finished the psalm, which is how prayers always begin, and the genuine Sabbath had not yet begun. He got up and dashed home. When he got close to his house, he heard a noise like furniture breaking; Golem had finished his work of destruction in the house and was now engaged in the yard. When Rabbi entered the house – the other people followed him in dread – he saw mayhem: broken dishes, knocked-over and destroyed tables, chairs, benches, and chests, books strewn loosely in various directions. Golem was uprooting a lime tree as if it were a fence stake, with ghastly hands and damp locks of black hair hanging over his face, surrounded by the dead chickens, cats, and dogs he had slaughtered.
Rabbi Löw moved quickly forward with an outstretched hand, removing the Shem from Golem's lips. Golem shuddered at the touch of his master, rolled his eyes, and collapsed at his feet, a lifeless lump of clay. Everyone, old and young, joyful and brave, came to the prostrate Golem and laughed. But Rabbi sighed and marched back to the synagogue, where he began to read the psalm again and dedicated the Sabbath in the dusk of oil-lamps.
The Sabbath was ended, but Rabbi Löw ben Bezalel would never bring Golem back to life by inserting the Shem into his mouth again. He was placed in a loft above the Old-New Synagogue in Prague, and rumor has it that he still resides there somewhere today.
Adapted from the book Alois Jirasek: Old Czech Legends