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	Top Literature - Maharal of Prague
		Traditionally it is believed that the Maharal's family descended from the Babylonian Exilarchs (during the era of the geonim) and therefore also from the Davidic dynasty.
		The Maharal's tomb in Prague is decorated with a heraldic shield with a lion with two intertwined tails (queue fourchee), alluding both to his first name and to Bohemia, the arms of which has a two-tailed lion.
		Maharal is featured in He, She and It) and the Dutch work De Procedure ("The Procedure", Harry Mulisch, 1999), both retelling the Golem legend.
	encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Maharal_of_Prague (1652 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Prague
		Prague, nicknamed the Golden City, is the capital of the Czech republic and ancient Bohemia.
		Century, the Jews of Prague suffered from persecution: first, in 1096, at the hands of the Crusaders, and second, during the siege of the Prague Castle in 1142.
		Prague, the historical capital of the region since the Ancient Kingdom, was adopted as the capital of the Czech Republic.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Prague.html (3883 words)

	Rabbi Judah Loew, The Maharal of Prague (1525-1609) - OU's Department of Jewish Education - The OU Pardes Torah Project
		The Maharal castigated the educational methods of his day where boys were taught at a very young age and insisted that children must be taught in accordance with their intellectual maturity.
		The Maharal was one of the staunch defenders of the tradition and of the undisputed wisdom of Chazal and wrote a critique of Azriah de'Rossi's Me'or Einayim.
		The Maharal was esteemed by Jew and non-Jew alike and was summoned for an interview with Emperor Rudolph II, though the subject of the interview is still the subject of speculation.
	www.ou.org /pardes/bios/maharal.htm (434 words)

	Prague and the Jews
		It was built in Prague's golden age by King Charles I, the Czech king who went on to become Charles IV of the Holy Roman Empire.
		The bridge is one of the artistic wonders of Prague, full of crowds admiring the statues of saints and kings bedecking the sides of the structure, long since converted into a pedestrian avenue.
		It refers to a medieval pogrom in Prague, where the blood of congregants murdered by the thugs was spattered on the walls.
	www.jewishmag.com /85mag/prague/prague.htm (1997 words)

	JEWISH PRAGUE
		By the sixteenth century, Prague was the center of Jewish life in Europe with renown Rabbis such as the MAHARAL, Rabbi Yehudah Leow (1510-1609) and the NODAH B"YEHUDAH, Rabbi Yechezkael Landau (1713-1793).
		The Maharal of Prague is known to vast numbers of Jews today, centuries after his death.
		The Nodah Biyehudah is buried in the Fibichova cemetery, near the television tower in Prague 2.
	www.chabadprague.cz /jewish.htm (597 words)

	Wellsprings Articles - The Maharal
		The rejection of the Maharal by the community leaders in Prague is not indicated in the sources, but it is not difficult to surmise the reasons for it.
		The Maharal denounced the ruling circles of his community for wielding power selfishly.He denounced the ignorant and corrupt judges who were named to office because of their wealth.
		The Maharal's conduct on that Sabbath was not calculated to ingratiate him with those whose consent was indispensable for the final decision as to the election of the chief rabbi.
	www.e-wellsprings.org /Article.asp?Article=3&Category=8&pg=All (4224 words)

	Jehuda Loew/Löw - The Maharal of Prague
		Rabbi Jehuda LOEW/LÖW ben Bezalel (known as The Maharal of Prague) Born: 1525 in Posen or Pesach Eve.
		Prague), Dayan of Prague 1630, son of Joseph Yaski and/or Rabbi Zechariah Mendel I WAHL
		The Maharal of Prague - known for giving birth to the Golem is buried in a famous tomb in the Old Jewish cemetery next to his wife Perla.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~prohel/names/loew/maharaldes.html (1659 words)

	Maharal On Pirkei Avos
		This slim tractate is the primer whose very name proclaims that ethics and conduct are an integral part of the Torah and the tradition handed down from generation to generation.
		Maharal's depth and brilliance provides the philosophical underpinnings of these ethical demands.
		With his incredible breadth and profundity, Maharal shows how all parts of the Torah are a seamless whole.
	www.westsidejudaica.com /browseproducts/Maharal-On-Pirkei-Avos.HTML (311 words)

	The Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Betzalel Lowy
		Quotes from The Maharal of Prague (Rabbi Betzalel Lowy who lived in the 17th century)
		The Maharal of Prague (Rabbi Betzalel Lowy who lived in the 17th century) explained that the prohibition of violating the Three Oaths applies even if the other nations
		In addition, he wrote in his book Netzach Yisroel (Chapter 24) that these Oaths may not be modified so as to affect the decree of Exile, and he expanded on the description in the Midrashic text on Song of Songs 2:18.
	www.jewsagainstzionism.com /rabbi_quotes/maharal.cfm (119 words)

	JTA NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		PRAGUE, March 23 (JTA) — When you run for U.S. president, you have to be prepared for opponents finding skeletons in your closet.
		A respected Czech historian is claiming that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee may be a descendant of the great Rabbi Judah Loew (1520-1609), a famous Kabbalist, philosopher and talmudist known as the Maharal of Prague.
		Loew, who is buried in Prague’s old Jewish cemetery, is said to have created the Golem to protect Prague’s Jewish community from outside threats.
	www.jta.org /page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=13907&intcategoryid=3 (127 words)

	Rabbi Yehudah Loew of Prague Rabbi Yehudah Loew of Prague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Maharal was born on the night of the Passover Seder, to a distinguished family of rabbis that traced its ancestry to King David.
		In 1592 the Maharal accepted the position of rabbi in Posen, returning to Prague in 1598 to serve as its chief rabbi.
		The Maharal was a staunch leader of his community, he became the hero of many legends in which he appears as the defender of Prague Jewry against all its enemies, assisted by a Golem, a robot he made and gave life to by placing sacred writings in his mouth.
	www.judaicaplus.com /tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=maharal.htm (458 words)

	Rabbi Loew & His Descendants
		In 1552 he was elected the rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, where he remained for 20 years until he moved to Prague in 1573, where he opened a “Yeshivah”, or Jewish school of theology.
		The Maharal was an advanced leader in education.
		The best known GOLEM story in English is the story of Dr. Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (daughter of the novelist Mary Wollstonecraft), when she and her husband Percy Shelley visited Switzerland in the company of Lord Byron in 1816.
	www.jbuff.com /c090204.htm (740 words)

	Amazing Prague
		It was believed that the building was transferred to Prague from the Promised Land by angels and built from stones of the destroyed Temple of Jerusalem.
		I remember Prague as an upscale, exciting place, where the arts are king and the architecture is moving.
		Prague is a city to wander and enjoy for its contrasts.
	www.postcardsforyou.com /prague.html (934 words)

	Yeshiva.org.il - The Maharal of Prague: An Introduction
		The Maharal was a maverick in the sense that he took upon himself the task of making the world of the Sages graspable to human reason.
		In a sense, "Netzach Yisrael" is the Maharal's opus magnum.
		Because the Maharal begins by quoting the words of the Talmud directly and often at great length, the student is likely to recall for himself these passages and not perceive the Maharal's organic-styled elucidations which come in their wake.
	www.yeshiva.org.il /midrash/shiur.asp?id=1267 (3600 words)

	The Maharal of Prague - Early Achronim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Maharal of Prague must have also been a master of Cabala, for most of the legends concerning.
		Another one tells of the Maharal having brought down the spirits of the twelve sons of Jacob in the presence of the emperor.
		We do not think of the Maharal as of the creator of the Golem, but rather of the light he has brought to Torah students and of the source of inspiration and faith contained in his ethical writings.
	www.chabad.org /library/article.asp?AID=111877 (951 words)

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		The Maharal's tomb in Prague is decorated with a heraldic shield with a lion with two intertwined tails, alluding both to his name and to Bohemia, the arms of which has a two-tailed lion.
		Various other books have been inspired by this legend, the authenticity of which has been doubted; although the Golem motif is old, the connection between the Golem on the one hand and the Maharal and Prague on the other is known only from ca 1840.
		It is claimed in some circles of Orthodox Judaism that the Maharal's lineage is from the Davidic line running all the way back to the original Judah.
	www.en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Maharal_of_Prague (1032 words)

	Articles & On-line Shiurim -- Darche Noam Institutions
		Derech Chaim: - The Maharal of Prague's Commentary On Pirkei Avot
		Excerpt: "The beauty of the Maharal's approach is his precise textual analysis of the words of the Rabbis, leading him to a deep understanding of the hidden and eternal truths embedded in their words, reaching the hidden dimensions of the Torah.
		One very important assumption that the Maharal posits in all teachings of the Rabbis, and which is even more fundamental when studying Pirkei Avot, is that the Rabbis aren't giving us lessons on how to win friends and influence people, or habits of effective people.
	www.darchenoam.org /articles/email/e_home.htm (254 words)

	Ancestors of the Maharal of Prague
		Yehuda LOEW died 1440 in Worms (or 18 Heshvan in 1439 CE in Prague?) (A.k.a Liva The Elder of Prague.) [Alternatively according to some manuscripts, Yehuda Lev Hazaken is the son of Isaac son of Bezalel Hazaken.] Yehuda was the head of a Yeshiva in Worms.
		Yohanan ZURIS, a great-grandson of the Maharal remains to be placed in the tree.
		Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah Edeles, the MaHaRSHA (1555-1631) whose mother was the Maharal's granddaughter also remains to be placed in the tree.
	www.loebtree.com /maharal.html (940 words)

	Archives: Story
		PRAGUE, March 23 (JTA) -- When you run for U.S. president, you have to be prepared for opponents finding skeletons in your closet.
		The Golem, as legend has it, was a faithful servant until Loew was forced to drain the creature of its life force after it developed an ego and disobeyed its creator.
		Kerry would be welcome to come to Prague, whether or not he wins the election in the United States.
	www.clevelandjewishnews.com /articles/2004/03/23/news/world/bgolem0323.txt (710 words)

	Jewish Prague
		Prague community is the biggest in Bohemia and Moravia.
		The Jews in Prague try to manage their lives together and to bring back the old heritage and legacy.
		There is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Prague and it is believed, that it is also the oldest Jewish cemetery in whole Europe.
	www.kosherprague.com (439 words)

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		A widely prevalent view holds that the Maharal of Prague was an astrologer with no valid knowledge of astronomy.
		This article seeks to refute this mistaken opinion and to underline an indubitable fact: the Maharal vigorously rejected astrology; he displayed vast knowledge of astronomy, and was an authentic scholar in this field.
		The polarity between sun and earth, between heaven and man, which is central to the Maharal's astronomic system, seems to be a projection of Tycho Brahe's attempt to reconcile Ptolemy with Copernicus.
	www.chez.com /jec2/resumneher1.htm (241 words)

	Ancestors of the Maharal of Prague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		She was the granddaughter of Rav Yehuda LOEWE, the Maharal of Prague.
		His father, Yehuda, was a Talmudist and both parents were descendants of rabbinic families - his mother was the granddaughter of Rabbi Yehuda LOEW, the Maharal of Prague.
		On his mother's side, the Maharsha was the great-grandson of Rabbi Yehuda LOEW, the Maharal of Prague.
	www.loebtree.com /maharsha.html (172 words)

	Journal 2001 \| ATID
		Maharal, somewhat unusual amongst Jewish thinkers for his explicit interest in the field of Jewish education, has much to say about the primary importance of pedagogy.
		Maharal posits a clear division between Chochmah, a term to be defined here as intellectual wisdom, and Torah.
		For Maharal, this awareness is central to the development of dveykut, the ultimate in moral development.
	www.atid.org /journal/journal01/wieselberg_sum.asp (547 words)

	Alljudaica.com
		The Maharal of Prague is a seminal figure in the world of Jewish thought, whose ideas have served as a springboard for many of the major currents of mussar, chassidus and machsheves Yisroel (Jewish thought).
		To this day, the Maharal’s teachings continue to play a role in our religious observances, the structure of our Torah and communal institutions -- even our thought processes -- in many overt as well as subtle ways.
		The reader who concentrates on the unified thread of his presentation, as it traverses the Torah’s broad landscape to deftly establish a point, is afforded a rare glimpse at the potency of an all-encompassing mastery of Torah such as was possessed by the Maharal.
	www.alljudaica.com /detail_print.asp?bid=998 (164 words)

	Judaica Enterprises — Jewish History & Biography - The Maharal of Prague
		The very name of the Maharal of Prague inspires deep reverence, yet unfortunately, one of the first associations that comes to mind is the unsubstantiated legend of the golem, the clay body that the Maharal reputedly formed into a living being by Kabbalistic means.
		Whether or not there is any credence to that story, the fame and impact of the Maharal on his own generation and on all future generations surely rests on a more solid foundation.
		The Maharal of Prague was a towering giant in Torah and Kabbalah and a fearless leader of European Jewry during the sixteenth century.
	www.judaicaenterprises.com /Product.asp?dept=1024&Product=bk-cis-maha (305 words)

	PEOPLE THE BOOK
		Alshich Hakadosh Chasam Sofer Chofetz Chaim Kli Yakar Maharal Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Rabbi Moshe Isserles Rabbi Ovadya Seforno Rabbi Yosef Caro Rabeinu Tam Rambam Ramban Rashbam Rashi The Netziv Vilna Gaon
		Rabbi Yehudah Loewe of Prague, popularly known as the Maharal (an acronym for Moreinu Harav Loewe, our teacher Rabbi Loewe), was one of the leading Talmudic scholars, kabbalists, and philosophers of his time, authoring significant works in almost every area of Torah study.
		However the Maharal is probably most famous in Jewish legend for creating a Golem, a kabbalistically generated man-like creature, which defended the Jewish community of Prague from the murderous pogroms of the time.
	www.tfdixie.com /goodmen.htm (2674 words)

	Yehuda Loew — The Maharal
		Yehudah Loew of Prague, also known as the Maharal, was one of the outstanding Jewish minds of the sixteenth century.
		The Maharal rejected the idea that boys should begin instruction at an early age, insisting instead that children be taught in accordance with their intellectual maturity.
		Rava is said to have created such a man. In the sixteenth century numerous golems were said to have been created, but in each case their power increased and threatened human life, so they were destroyed by their makers.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Loew.html (358 words)

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