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prioritized a systematic analysis of philosophical concepts, and implicitly downgraded the more colorful and ad-hoc imagery of earlier rabbinic commentary. One of Loew's constant objectives was to demonstrate how such earlier commentary was in fact full of insightful commentary on humanity, nature, holiness, an other topics. According to Loew, the multitude of disconnected opinions and perspectives in classical rabbinic literature do not form a haphazard jumble, but rather exemplify the diversity of meanings that can be extracted from a single idea or concept.
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uniform caused nature of reality also indicates the existence of moral order in the world. Science can describe the phenomena in the world, but it cannot create a preference for one over the other; such moral preferences must come from the higher order of the Torah, which Loew calls the "higher intellect" (שכל עליון).
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Loew's worldview assumes that reality consists of a single cause, as well as diverse caused phenomena whose existence is constantly sustained by their cause. There is no room for randomness in reality, as that would indicated an absence of omnipotence or omniscience in the Cause. For Loew, the
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29:11: "Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth ; Yours is the kingdom and Who is exalted over everything as the Leader." The book of "greatness"
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Republic and Israel jointly issued a set of stamps, one of which featured the tombstone of Loew. In May 2009, the Czech Post issued a stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of Loew's death. In June 2009 the Czech Mint issued a
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Loew's writings use as sources the
Biblical verses and the recorded traditions of the rabbis, but through literary and conceptual analysis he develops these into a comprehensive philosophical system in which the following terminology recurs:
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was to be studied in the communities in that province. He also revised the community statutes on the election and taxation process. Although he retired from
Moravia in 1573 the communities still considered him an authority long after that.
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for 3 years. Rav
Yitzchok Clover was in fact the grandfather of the Maharshal. The Maharshal left Poland and the Maharal remained and studied with the Rema for 2 more years. He spent 20 years studying before he married.
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It is not known however who he learnt nistar from as he mentions his rabbis, who are unknown to posterity, only once in his sefarim. It was common in yeshivas in Poland however to learn nigleh and nistar together
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Moshe Zuriel "Numbers: Their meaning and
Symbolism According to Maharal" HaMaayan 18:3 (1978) 14–23; 18:4 (1978) 30–41, reprinted in Sefer Ozrot Gedolei Yisroel (Jerusalem:2000) volume 1, pp. 204–228.
696:, he focused on the distinction between the physical and the spiritual, seeing the Jewish people as possessing an essentially spiritual nature which distinguishes it from all other phenomena in the world.
328:. In Jewish naming tradition, the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case in which the combined name is Judah Loew. When Loew wrote his classic supercommentary on
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Loew's numerous philosophical works have become cornerstones of Jewish thought; and he was the author of "one of the most creative and original systems of thought developed by East
European Jewry."
833:. The general view of historians and critics is that the legend is a German literary invention of the early 19th century. The earliest known source for the story thus far is the 1834 book
1111:, Philadelphia, 1968, pp. 484-485: "Another important personality in Prague... was Rabbi Judah-Loew ben Bezalel. Besides being a great Talmudist, he was a mathematician and astronomer.
514:, which he attended together with his brother Sinai and his son-in-law Isaac Cohen; Prince Bertier was present with the emperor. The conversation seems to have been related to
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in 1584. On the Julian calendar it was 7 September. His gravestone, as quoted by Gal Ed, Megilas
Yuchsin and others, gives his date of death as Thursday, 18 Elul 5369.
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Gregor Brand (2008). "Löw, Juda (Yehuda, Jehudah, Yudah, Judah) ben
Bezalel (auch Löwe, Löb, Livia, Liwa etc., Akronym: "MaHaRaL")". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.).
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He moved to Prague in 1573, where he again accepted a rabbinical position, replacing the retired Isaac Hayoth. He immediately reiterated his views on
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1902:(in German). Vol. 29. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 858–877.
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The Maharal of Prague : the story of Rabbi Yehudah Loew
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In 1592, Loew moved to Poznań, where he had been elected as
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Golem § The classic narrative: The Golem of Prague
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340:in Hebrew, meaning "Young Lion upon the Torah".
1783:(Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1987);
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1396:"Sefer Detail: וכוח מים חיים -- חיים בן בצלאל"
1889:YIVO Encyclopedia - Yehudah Leib ben Betsalel
1429:YIVO Encyclopedia - Yehudah Leib ben Betsalel
467:He accepted a rabbinical position in 1553 as
286:His name "Löw" or "Loew" is derived from the
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1751:. New York, NY: Mesorah Publications, 2000.
1693:(Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982)
1610:"Hard Times Give New Life to Prague's Golem"
1585:"2009 Czech 200Kr Silver Proof "Judah Loew""
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997:("Words of Rectors"), a commentary on the
872:("God's Might", Cracow 1582) anonymously.
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1109:The Jewish Publication Society of America
1776:(Oxford-New York: Littman Library, 1986)
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1555:"Israel '98 World Stamp Exhibition"
1308:Schneerson, Yosef Yitzchok (1960).
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1795:Mishnato shel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
1337:Schneerson, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok.
1310:"Memoirs of the Lubavitcher Rabbi"
1237:Der Alte jüdische Friedhof in Prag
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1966:16th-century Polish philosophers
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1384:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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1339:Memoirs of the lubavitcher rabbi
1260:: Verlag von Jakob B. Brandeis.
769:Statue of Judah Loew ben Bezalel
767:marking the same milestone. The
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1816:Shabbos Insights Of The Maharal
1717:On Zion: The History of an Idea
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92:17 September 1609 (aged 83-97)
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304:of the same origin). It is a
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1811:Tel Aviv : Devir, 1974.
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1818:Jerusalem: Targum, 2009.
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1697:Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer
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2046:Philosophers of Judaism
2016:Exponents of Jewish law
1735:(Tel Aviv: Devir, 1974)
1381:The Jewish Encyclopedia
1289:: Kunstverlag B. Koci.
2051:Rabbis from Nikolsburg
1797:, Reʾuven Mass, c2003.
1543:israelphilately.org.il
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1673:Der jüdische Gil Blas
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1105:A History of the Jews
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253:Gur Aryeh al HaTorah
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35:יהודה ליווא בן בצלאל
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