Judah Loew

Judah Loew

Rabbi Judah Loew

The Maharal of Prague (1525-1609)

The Maharal was one of the most seminal thinkers in the post-medieval period. he evolved a solely new set about to the aggada of the Talmud and it is probable that no preceding scribe dedicated so much space to the understanding of the non-halachic considered of the rabbis of the Talmud.

He was held in large esteem by his contemporaries and has had a deep influence on all creeks of Judaism. Rabbi Kook asserted that the "Maharal was the dad of the set about of the Gaon of Vilna on the one hand, and ...