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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Polish expatriates in the Czech Republic, Polish people from Zaolzie, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Jerzy Buzek, Sergei Wojciechowski, Henryk Flame, Ewa Farna, Pawe Kubisz, Max Mannheimer, Gorals, Hans Kelsen, Adam Makowicz, Gustaw Morcinek, Franti ek Kriegel, Jan Kubisz, Henryk Jasiczek, Wac aw Olszak, Bartosz Paprocki, Jan Buzek, Gustaw Przeczek, Adolf Fierla, Jozef Buzek, Karol Piegza, W adys aw M ynek, Karol liwka, Adam Wawrosz, Karol Daniel Kad ubiec, Jozef Kiedro, Tadeusz Michejda, Emanuel Grim, Jozef Ondrusz, Yechezkel Landau, Wilhelm Przeczek, Oskar Zawisza, Tadeusz Kraus, Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, William Markowitz, Wies aw Adam Berger, Emanuel Chobot, Irena Anders, Wlastimil Hofman, Jan Bystro, Janusz Gaudyn, Shmelke of Nikolsburg, Meir Eisenstadt, W adys aw Santarius, Prince Lichnowsky, Kamil Matuszny, Radek Szmek, Amalia Freud, Ludwig Czech, Stanislav Pi tak, Naphtali Keller, Hana romova, Bruno Matykiewicz, Stanis aw Zahradnik. 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 deat...
