About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Czech Orthodox rabbis, Czech Reform rabbis, Yair Bacharach, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Moses Sofer, Leo Jung, Tzvi Ashkenazi, Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Aron Chorin, Jonathan Eybeschutz, Mordecai Benet, Gotthard Deutsch, Leopold Low, Mordecai Yoffe, Nehemiah Brull, Adolf Jellinek, Moses Taku, Karol Sidon, Arnost Zvi Ehrman, Isaiah Horowitz, Nathan ben Moses Hannover, Yechezkel Landau, Abraham ben Saul Broda, Moses Lob Bloch, Henrik Brody, Benjamin Wolf Low, Hirsch Bar Fassel, Adolf Kurrein, Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers, Meir Eisenstadt, Joachim Jacob Unger, Samuel Baeck, Hermann Wassertrilling, Ignaz Ziegler, Emanuel Schreiber, Nahum Trebitsch, Moses Samson Bacharach, Abraham Neuda, Samuel Loew, Moses Samuel Zuckermandl, Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, Nathan Porges, Aaron Karfunkel, Behr Perlhefter, Elijah Spira, Solomon Quetsch, Eliezer Karpeles, Levi Pante, Michael Bacharach. Excerpt: Judah Loew ben Bezalel, alt. Loewe, Lowe, or Levai, (c. 1520 - 17 September 1609) 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 served as a leading rabbi in the city of Prague in Bohemia for most of his life. 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 particularly known for the legend that he created The Golem of Prague, an animate being fashioned from clay, using mystical powers based on the esoteric knowledge of how God created Adam. This legend, which first appeared in print nearly 200 years after the Maharal's death, states he created the golem to defend the Jews of the Prague Ghetto from ant...
