Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Czech rabbi
Judah Loew ben Bezalel, also Loewe, Löwe, or Levai, (c. 1520 – 17 September 1609) widely known to scholars of Judaism as 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 served as a leading rabbi in the city of Prague in Bohemia for most of his life.
Quotes
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- אבל דברי חכמה אינו אסור כי החכמה הזאת היא כמו סולם לעלות בה אל חכמת התורה ~ נתיב התורה פרק יד
- But science is permitted because this wisdom is like a ladder to climb to the Torah wisdom.
- Netiv Hatorah 14
- But science is permitted because this wisdom is like a ladder to climb to the Torah wisdom.
- ראויה השמחה כאשר יש מציאות שלם. ואין לך מציאות יותר שלם מזווג חתן וכלה ~ תפארת ישראל פרק ל
- Suitable is the happiness when there is whole existence, and you don't have whole existence more than marriage.
- Tiferet Israel, Ch. 30
- Suitable is the happiness when there is whole existence, and you don't have whole existence more than marriage.
- היופי והפאר מתיחס אל הבלתי גשמי ~ חידושי אגדות חולין נט
- The beauty and glory are related to the non-material.
- Chidushey Agadot Chulin, 59
- The beauty and glory are related to the non-material.
- המשנה היא היסוד הגדול ועמוד הברזל לכל התורה ~ גור אריה, פרשת ואתחנן
- The Mishnah is the big basic and the iron pillar of the whole Torah.
- Gur Aryeh Vaetchanan
- The Mishnah is the big basic and the iron pillar of the whole Torah.
- אף אם הדברים הם נגד אמונתו ודתו, אין לומר אליו: אל תדבר ותסתום דברי פיך, שאם-כן לא יהיה בירור הדת. ואדרבא, דבר כמו זה אומרים תדבר ככל חפצך ~ אר הגולה, ירושלים תשל"א, באר שביעי, קנ-קנא.
- Even if the things are against his faith and religion, it's not to be said: don't speak and shut up your mouth, for thus there won't be clearing of the religion. Vice Versa, in this case we say: speak as you want.
- Beer Hagola, Ch. 7
- Even if the things are against his faith and religion, it's not to be said: don't speak and shut up your mouth, for thus there won't be clearing of the religion. Vice Versa, in this case we say: speak as you want.
Quotes about MaHaRaL
edit- לא ללמוד בשום ספרי חסידים. רק בספרי מהר"ל. ~ הרבי מקוצק, על פי הרב משה כשר, פירושי מהר"ל, ירושלים תשי"ח עמ'
- Not to learn any Chasidim books, just books of MaHaRal
- היה מפורסם כבעל רוח הקודש. ~ הרב יוסף שאול נתנזון
- Was known to have Holy Spirit.
- Rabbi Yosef Shaul Natanzon
- Was known to have Holy Spirit.
External links
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- Profile of The Maharal of Prague
- Rabbi Judah Loew, The Maharal of Prague
- Yehuda Loew — The Maharal
- Family tree
- The Seder Plate of the Maharal from The Maharal Haggadah by Shlomo Mallin
- Maharal Conference Prague, 18-20 Elul 5769 / 7-9 September 2009, organized by Jewish Community of Prague
- Tiferet Yisrael (Hebrew)
- Gevurot HaShem (Hebrew)
- Ner Mitzvah (Hebrew)
- Netzach Israel Chapters 11-13 (Hebrew)
- Derech Chaim (Discussion) at torah.org