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  • This doubling brings to mind the myth of the Golem from Jewish folklore, a anthropomorphic creature created from mud, by a pious person and animated either by writing one of the names of God on its forehead, or placing a slip of paper in its mouth sometimes known as a shem, or more significantly for the purpose of this article, writing the word emet (אמת, "truth" or reality in the Hebrew language) on its forehead.

    openDemocracy Heidi James-Dunbar 2010

  • This doubling brings to mind the myth of the Golem from Jewish folklore, a anthropomorphic creature created from mud, by a pious person and animated either by writing one of the names of God on its forehead, or placing a slip of paper in its mouth sometimes known as a shem, or more significantly for the purpose of this article, writing the word emet (אמת, "truth" or reality in the Hebrew language) on its forehead.

    openDemocracy Heidi James-Dunbar 2010

  • Its purpose is to explain where the amazing heroes of the past, the “men of renown” anshei shem, came from: they had no known ancestry from the line of Enoch and Methuselah and so forth, but they must have come from somewhere.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • He honestly believed that Jesus was the physical manifestation of the force refered to as “shem hammephorash” by the ancient jews.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009

  • Its purpose is to explain where the amazing heroes of the past, the “men of renown” anshei shem, came from: they had no known ancestry from the line of Enoch and Methuselah and so forth, but they must have come from somewhere.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • It is now Rabbi Schochet who must explain his objections lest he be guilty of character assassination without justification, a grave sin in Judaism known as motzi shem ra.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • I can finally thank the esteemed state of New York for the proper son of shem, Al Franken. —

    Minnesota Board Certifies Franken Win - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • It is now Rabbi Schochet who must explain his objections lest he be guilty of character assassination without justification, a grave sin in Judaism known as motzi shem ra.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • Its purpose is to explain where the amazing heroes of the past, the “men of renown” anshei shem, came from: they had no known ancestry from the line of Enoch and Methuselah and so forth, but they must have come from somewhere.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • It is now Rabbi Schochet who must explain his objections lest he be guilty of character assassination without justification, a grave sin in Judaism known as motzi shem ra.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

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