Judah Loew ben Bezalel

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Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.

All labels observed (5)

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Judah Loew ben Bezalel canonical 4
Judah Loew 2
Moreinu HaRav Loew 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystic
Talmudic scholar
folklore figure
human
rabbi
religious leader
acronymMeaning Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moreinu ha-Rav Loew
activeInCentury 16th century
early 17th century
associatedWith Golem
surface form: Golem of Prague
birthDate circa 1520
birthPlace Kingdom of Poland
Poznań
burialPlace Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague
surface form: Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
commemoratedBy statues and memorials in Prague
tomb visited by pilgrims in Prague
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Poland
cultureHeroOf Czech Jewish folklore
Prague Jewish Community
surface form: Prague Jewish community
deathDate 1609-09-07
deathPlace Kingdom of Bohemia
Prague
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jews
surface form: Ashkenazi Jew
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish ethics
Jewish philosophy
Kabbalah
Talmud
hasLegend created a golem to protect the Jews of Prague
honorific Maharal of Prague
surface form: Maharal
influenced European Jewry
surface form: Central European Jewry

Jewish ethical literature
later Hasidic thinkers
influencedBy Kabbalistic teachings
Talmudic tradition
knownFor Jewish mysticism
Jewish philosophy
Talmudic scholarship
ethical writings
legend of the Golem of Prague
language Hebrew
Yiddish
mainResidence Prague
movement Jewish thought
surface form: Maharal school of thought
name Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Judah Loew

Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-link
Loew of Prague
Maharal of Prague
Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rabbi Loew
notableWork Be’er ha-Golah
Derech Chaim
Gur Aryeh al ha-Torah
Ner Mitzvah
Netivot Olam
Tiferet Yisrael
positionHeld Chief Rabbi of Prague
rabbi of the Altneuschul in Prague
religion Judaism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czech Jews notableHistoricFigure Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague hasNotableBurial Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel name Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-link
Judah Loew ben Bezalel name Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judah Loew
Judah Loew ben Bezalel name Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rabbi Loew
Judah Loew ben Bezalel acronymMeaning Judah Loew ben Bezalel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moreinu ha-Rav Loew
Maharal of Prague name Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Maharal of Prague name Judah Loew ben Bezalel
this entity surface form: Judah Loew
Maharal of Prague honorificExpansion Judah Loew ben Bezalel
this entity surface form: Moreinu HaRav Loew