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Prague 2007 Geocoin Shalom Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Origin:
Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of mmadv1.

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EN: My goal is to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem and then travel back to my home geocache(GC13ZJQ) in Czech Republic. I'd love to be messenger of shalom (peace) from my owners to Jerusalem (The City of Peace). Please, take some pictures of me on my journey together with the place I'm placed in. Place the pictures here, please. Thank you!

CZ: Mým cílem je vykonat pout' do Jeruzaléma a vratit se zpet do me domaci geocache(GC13ZJQ). Rád bych byl poslem pokoje od mych vlastniku pro Mesto Pokoje (Jeruzalém).
Prosím, vyfotte mne behem cesty s místem, kde se práve nacházím. Dekuji!

"Ask for the peace of Jerusalem!
Vyprošujte Jeruzalému pokoj!"
  Psalm/Zalm/122:6

About This Item

Starting my journey to Jerusalem

This coin design is based on the famous legend of the Golem of Prague which first protected The Jewish people in the 16th Century (read bellow). The home geocache (GC13ZJQ) of this coin is placed near to synagogue in Cesky Krumlov(Czech Republic) as well as very close to the astronomical observatory which named one of their dicoveries in honor of the city of Jerusalem.

THE LEDGEND OF THE GOLEM OF PRAGUE

In the 16th century, during the reign of Rudolf II, an old Jewish man named Rabbi Judah Loew lived in Prague. During that time, the Jewish people of Prague were being attacked and lived their lives in fear. Rabbi Loew decided to protect the Jews against pogroms by creating the Golem, a giant who according to the Cabala could be made of clay from the banks of the Vltava. Following the prescribed rituals, the Rabbi built the Golem and made him come to life by reciting a special incantation in Hebrew. The word "emet", meaning "truth", was placed on the Golem's forehead. The Golem would obey the Rabbi's every order and would help and protect the people of the Jewish Ghetto. However, as he grew bigger, he also became more violent and started killing people and spreading fear. Rabbi Loew was promised that the violence against the Jews would stop if the Golem was destroyed. The Rabbi agreed. By removing the first letter from the word "emet", thus changing it to "met" (meaning "death"), life was taken out of the Golem. According to legend, the Golem was brought back to life by Rabbi Loew's son, and may still be protecting Prague today.

resources: hogwildstuff.org, Bible, www.klet.org

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Tracking History (6688.2mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/30/2013 mmadv1 retrieved it from Generally Stored Arizona   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 6/9/2013 TeamRafacz placed it in Generally Stored Arizona - 5,876.49 miles  Visit Log

On your way after a bit of fudge ...

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/11/2013 TeamRafacz retrieved it from Whitetail Arizona   Visit Log

Found on a family camping trip ... Will move you along! Shalom :-)

Dropped Off 4/22/2013 Mcha placed it in Whitetail Arizona - 5,877.31 miles  Visit Log
  • let us go there in the cache and start new trip
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/10/2013 Mcha retrieved it from Klet - dape Jihočeský kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

Poputuje s námi do Arizony

Dropped Off 4/10/2013 Mcha placed it in Klet - dape Jihočeský kraj, Czechia - 85.36 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/8/2013 Mcha retrieved it from RIDDLE INN - geocoin mortuary Hlavní město Praha, Czechia   Visit Log

Created GC replica

Write note 4/7/2013 Mcha posted a note for it   Visit Log

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Mark Missing 2/1/2011 Mcha marked it as missing   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 12/31/2007 Mcha placed it in RIDDLE INN - geocoin mortuary Hlavní město Praha, Czechia - 158.58 miles  Visit Log

The GC seems to be stolen so I put it here.
In a case you'll find it feel free to grab it from this cache and let me know that it is alive ;)

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