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Rabbi Elijah Besht
ר׳ אליהו בעש״ט
The rabbi of Chelm is said to have created the Chelm golem.
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... אין דער ײדישער מיטאלאגיע איז אויך באװוס ט דער
כעלמער גולם, װאם ר׳ אליהו בעש״ט, דער אב־בית־דין פון
כעלעם, האט באשאפן. (ר׳ אליהו בעש״ט האט געלעבט, בערך,
אין יאר 1500.) אויך דערצײלט מען, אז דער בעש״ט האט
באשאפן א גולם. ...Connected nodes