THERE is a tale told as a poemor rather, a poem that poses as a taleabout a rabbi who lived in Prague.One day, the rabbi managed to decipher some obscure letters. And after uttering the Name which is the Key, he magically created The Golem. But as luck would have it, his creation was no more than a clumsy copy of man, for it couldnt speak. In Jorge Luis Borges poem, the rabbi watches the Golem with confusion and fear:

The rabbi watched him tenderl