 judah loew ben bezalel, alt. loewe, lÃ¶we, or levai, (c. 1520 â 17 september 1609)bohemia, as a catholic country, adopted the gregorian calendar 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. 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. ==biography==   the maharal was probably born in poznaÅ, poland,âthough perels lists the birth town mistakenly as worms in the holy roman empireâto rabbi bezalel (loew), whose family originated from the rhenish town of worms. his birth year is uncertain, with different sources listing 1512, 1520 and 1526.{{cite book | author = luboÅ¡ jeÅÃ¡bek | title = der
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