Maharal

Etymology
Borrowed from, an acronym of , referring to (circa 1512-26–1609).

Proper noun

 * , a Jewish mystic, philosopher and Talmudic scholar, and a leading rabbi in the cities of Mikulov in Moravia and Prague in Bohemia (both in present-day Czech Republic).
 * 1) * 1988 [Harper & Row], Howard Schwartz, Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural, 1991,, Paperback Edition, page 145,
 * Now during the days preceding the time of Mordecai's Bar Mitzvah, Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague, known as the Maharal, had a series of dreams that had come to haunt him. In the first dream the Maharal found a letter nailed to his front door, like a proclamation, that stated that the life of the boy Mordecai, whose soul could bring great blessing to the Jewish people, hung in the balance, and that only the Maharal could save him.
 * 1) * 1995 [Yale University Press], David B. Ruderman, Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern Europe, 2001,, Paperback Edition, page 65,
 * Two other studies of the Maharal take Ben Sasson's position. The first is Aharon Kleinberger's extensive comparison of the Maharal’s pedagogic views with those of the Bohemian reformer J. A. Comenius.
 * Two other studies of the Maharal take Ben Sasson's position. The first is Aharon Kleinberger's extensive comparison of the Maharal’s pedagogic views with those of the Bohemian reformer J. A. Comenius.