place
Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Beth Chaim
also: Beth Chaim
The Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague, called Beth Chaim ('House of Life'); its crowded, layered graves are the setting of the Rabbi Löw legend.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §86 Beth Chaim
Hebrew 'House of Life,' a euphemism for the Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague, where the legend's midnight scene unfolds.