Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from poland. Chava is unmoored and adri...Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.