In the city of Prague, a gambler named Bratislavski asks the Jewish banker, Eliezer for a loan to repay his many debts. When Eliezer refuses, Bratislavski accuses him of kidnapping his daughter and using her Christian blood in Passover rituals. To defend Eliezer, Rabbi Liew creates a golem and brings it to life by writing on its forehead some letters from the Aleph-bet which form one of the seventy-two names of G-d. The rabbi orders the golem to discovewr the truth, which it does. Eliezer is freed and Bratislavski is condemned to death by hanging.