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Jehuda Löw Ben Becalel
zvaný Maharal (1525?-1609),
Moravský zemský rabín 1533-1573
Judah Loew Ben Bezalel
known as Maharal (1525?-1609),
chief rabbi of Moravia 1533-1573
jehuda Löw Ben Bezalel
Genannt Maharal (1525?-1609),
Landesrabbiner von Mähren 1533-1573
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Jehuda Liva ben Becalel (1512/1520/1525 nebo 1526 – 17. zárí 1609) (ve starší literature uváden také nemeckým pravopisem jako ben Bezalel), známý též jako Jehuda Arje ben Becalel, Jehuda Löw ben Becalel (Arje [hebrejsky Lev], Löw a Liva jsou synonyma), rabbi Löw, prípadne hebrejským akronymem MaHaRaL (Morenu Ha-Rav Liva nebo též Morenu Ha-gadol Rabi Liva, náš (velký) ucitel rabbi Liva), byl židovský rabín a ucenec, legendární tvurce pražského golema. Pusobil jako vrchní moravský zemský rabín v Mikulove a pozdeji jako vrchní rabín v Praze za vlády Rudolfa II. Rabi Löw založil a vedl v pražském židovském ghettu talmudistickou školu (ješivu, 1573), upravil též pravidla pro spolek Chevra kadiša (pohrební bratrstvo, založen 1564). Ackoli v Praze strávil pouze cást svého života, je zde pohrben a v židovské literature je vždy nazýván „Pražský Maharal“.
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Judah Loew ben Bezalel, alt. Loewe, Löwe, or Levai, (c. 1520 – 17 September 1609)[1] widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague, or simply The MaHaRaL, the Hebrew acronym of "Moreinu ha-Rav Loew," ("Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew") was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who, for most of his life, served as a leading rabbi in the cities of Mikulov in Moravia and Prague in Bohemia.
Within the world of Torah and Talmudic scholarship, he is known for his works on Jewish philosophy and Jewish mysticism and his work Gur Aryeh al HaTorah, a supercommentary on Rashi's Torah commentary.
The Maharal is the subject of a nineteenth-century legend that he created The Golem of Prague, an animate being fashioned from clay.
Rabbi Loew is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague in Josefov, where his grave and intact tombstone can still be visited. His descendants' surnames include Loewy, Loeb, Lowy, Oppenheimer, Pfaelzer,Lowenstein and Keim.
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