Given that he can’t simply refer to her as “The Golem”, the Rabbi names her “Chava.” New for her, that is, as she’s only been alive for a couple of days. Luckily, a local Rabbi - Rabbi Meyer - recognizes her for what she is and offers to help her integrate into this strange new society. Now masterless, confused and frightened, she finds herself in New York in 1899. She barely has a chance to get to know her master when he suddenly dies on the ship from a burst appendix. He opens this Golem’s crate and awakens her. His plan was to awaken the Golem once they arrived in America but the man could wait no longer. Not yet awakened, the merchant and his sleeping Golem head from Poland to America to begin a new life. The story begins when a golem, a creature of Jewish folklore made of clay is created by Kabbalistic magic by a former rabbi now turned dark magician and sold to a merchant who had plans to make the Golem his wife. In The Golem and The Jinni, we have a blend of Arab and Jewish mythology and folklore resulting is a mesmerizing historical fantasy. I know I saw it mentioned on someone’s BookTube channel but unfortunately, I don’t recall which channel. I’m not sure how this book came to my attention.
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