page_title: Judah Loew ben Bezalel
hierarchical_section_title: Judah Loew ben Bezalel
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Rabbi Loew, Prague Français&#160;: Statue majestueuse d'une hauteur totale de 6 mètres avec le socle, 3m60 pour la statue seule, qui se trouve bien en évidence à l'angle sud-ouest de la façade de l'Hôtel de Ville de Prague. Elle représente la mort du rabbin Juda Loew ben Bezalel (le "Maharal") réalisée par Ladislav Šaloun en 1910 - On remarque son nez crochu proéminent. Sur son côté gauche se trouve une jeune fille nue qui est sa petite-fille, celle-là même qui l'a supplié de fabriquer le golem. A sa droite est un chien des enfers. A ses pieds la rose fatale que lui a offerte sa petite-fille et qui a causé sa mort. Čeština: Socha Maharala od Ladislava Šalouna na Nové radnici v Praze
context_page_description: Judah Loew ben Bezalel or Rabbi Loew, alt. Löw, Loewe, Löwe, or Levai, widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague, or simply The Maharal, the Hebrew acronym of "Moreinu Ha-Rav 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, Loew 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. He is also the subject of a 19th-century legend that he created the Golem of Prague, an animate mythological 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 Braude, Leib, Lev, Lew, Loewy, Loeb, Lowy, Lowi, Low-Beer, Loew, Oppenheimer, Pfaelzer, Schneerson, Lowenstein, Gurary and Keim.
context_section_description: Judah Loew ben Bezalel or Rabbi Loew, alt. Löw, Loewe, Löwe, or Levai (between 1512 and 1526? – 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, 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, Loew 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. He is also the subject of a 19th-century legend that he created the Golem of Prague, an animate mythological 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 Braude, Leib, Lev, Lew, Loewy, Loeb, Lowy, Lowi, Low-Beer, Loew, Oppenheimer, Pfaelzer, Schneerson, Lowenstein, Gurary and Keim.
caption: Ladislav Šaloun's statue of Loew at the New City Hall of Prague in the Czech Republic
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