Maharal of prague biography of christopher columbus
Biography of charles darwin!
Maharal of prague biography of christopher columbus
Yehuda (Lieb) Lieb ben Bezalel (abt. 1520 - 1609)
RabbiYehuda"The Maharel of Prague"Lieb ben Bezalel formerly Lieb aka Loew, Loewe, Löwe, Levai
Born about [location unknown]
AncestorsSon of Bezalel Loew and [mother unknown]
Brother of Mendel Lieb and Sinai Loeb
Husband of Perel (Shmelkes-Reich) Loew — married 1544 [location unknown]
DescendantsFather of Vögele Bezalel Löb, Gitel (Loew) Brandeis and רחל בת לײב
Died at about age 89 [location unknown]
Profile last modified | Created 7 Jul 2012
This page has been accessed 4,081 times.
Biography
The Maharal
The Maharal (b.
around 1525, d. 1609 Prague, buried next to his wife Perl) was chief Rabbi of Prague (from 1597), talmudist, moralist, theologian, mathematician, and mystic. (See p.
Maharal of prague biography of christopher columbus book
374, vol. X of Encyclopedia Judaica.) Maharal is an acronym for Moraynu HaReav Judah LOEW ben B'zalel (Our teacher Judah LOEW son of B'zalel). Der Hohe Rabbi LOEW von Prag.
We suppose he came from Worms. As a