Yehuda Loewy  ‎(I1004)‎
Given Names: Yehuda
Surname: Loewy

Gender: MaleMale
      
Birth: 1512 (רע״ב) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Death: 17 September 1609 (י״ח אלול שס״ט) ‎(Age 97)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 1512 (רע״ב) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 16


Shared Note: - While the Pereles seems to indicate that the birth location was Worms, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, as mentioned in Ha'ari Shebechachmai Prague, the Maharal's older brother states that "Poland is the land of my birth", making it clear that the family had already move to Poland from Worms before the Maharal's birth.
Alt. Birth 1520 (ר״ף) ‎(Age 8)‎ Poznan, Poznanski, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Source: Der hohe Rabbi Löw und sein Sagenkreis
Publication: Grün, Nathan. 1885. Der hohe Rabbi Löw und sein Sagenkreis. Prag: Verlag von Jakob B. Brandeis.
Alt. Birth 1526 (רפ״ו) ‎(Age 14)‎ Poznan, Poznanski, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Show Details Source: Der alte Prager Judenfriedhof
Publication: Jerabek, Lubos, A. Major, Spiridion Wukadinovic, and Isidor Pollak. 1903. Der alte Prager Judenfriedhof. Prag: Kunstverlag B. Koci.
Citation Details:  page 24


Note: Born on the first night of Pesach.
Marriage Perel Schmelkes - 1544 (ש״ד) ‎(Age 32)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 35

Show Details Source: Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 17
Occupation from 1553 (שי״ג) to 1573 (של״ג) ‎(Age 41)‎ Av Bais Din of Nikolsburg and Landesrabbiner of Moravia Mikulov, Breclav, Jihomoravský, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 37 - 43
Residence from 1573 (של״ג) to 1884 (תרמ״ד) ‎(Age 61)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 44 - 52
Occupation from 1584 (שמ״ד) to 1588 (שמ״ח) ‎(Age 72)‎ Rosh Mesivta and Av Bais Din Poznan, Poznanski, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 53 - 58


Note: Note that historian Dov ‎(Bernhard)‎ Wachstein is of the opinion that he spent these 4 years in Prostejov ‎(Prossnitz)‎, Prostejov, Olomoucký, Czech Republic. See Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague pages 55 - 57.
Occupation from 1589 (שמ״ט) to 1592 (שנ״ב) ‎(Age 77)‎ Rabbi of Prague Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  Chapters 6 - 8 ‎(pages 59 - 87)‎
Occupation from 1592 (שנ״ב) to 1597 (שנ״ז) ‎(Age 80)‎ Rabbi of Poznan Poznan, Poznanski, Wielkopolskie, Poland


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  Chapter 9 ‎(pages 88 - 93)‎
Occupation from 1597 (שנ״ז) to 1604 (שס״ד) ‎(Age 85)‎ Rabbi of Prague Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  pages 94, 132
Death 17 September 1609 (י״ח אלול שס״ט) ‎(Age 97)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic


Show Details Source: Gal Ed
Publication: Lieben, Koppelmann, and Solomon Judah Leib Rapoport. 1856. Gal Ed: kovets meah ve-shivim kitve luhot avne zikaron bi-sedeh ha-kevurah ... Prag. Prague: Bukdrukeray fun Mosheh Halevi Landa.
Citation Details:  No. 8 ‎(page 3 -4)‎
The Maharal's Epitaph - Gal Ed No. 8The Maharal's Epitaph - Gal Ed No. 8



Show Details Source: Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 18
  Text: transcription of epitaph

Show Details Source: Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 138
Last Change 1 June 2008 (כ״ז אייר תשס״ח) - 13:24
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Parents Family  (F380)
Betzalel Loewy
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Yehuda Loewy
1512 - 1609

Immediate Family  (F379)
Perel Schmelkes
1516 - 1610
Leah Loewy
-
Faigala Loewy
- 1629
Gitli Loewy
-
Reichel Loewy
- 1632
Tila Loewy
-
Realina Loewy
-
Betzalel Loewy
- 1600


Notes
Birth While the Pereles seems to indicate that the birth location was Worms, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, as mentioned in Ha'ari Shebechachmai Prague, the Maharal's older brother states that "Poland is the land of my birth", making it clear that the family had already move to Poland from Worms before the Maharal's birth.

Alt. Born on the first night of Pesach.
Occupation Note that historian Dov ‎(Bernhard)‎ Wachstein is of the opinion that he spent these 4 years in Prostejov ‎(Prossnitz)‎, Prostejov, Olomoucký, Czech Republic. See Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague pages 55 - 57.
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Sources
Birth Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 16
Event Der hohe Rabbi Löw und sein Sagenkreis
Publication: Grün, Nathan. 1885. Der hohe Rabbi Löw und sein Sagenkreis. Prag: Verlag von Jakob B. Brandeis.
Event Der alte Prager Judenfriedhof
Publication: Jerabek, Lubos, A. Major, Spiridion Wukadinovic, and Isidor Pollak. 1903. Der alte Prager Judenfriedhof. Prag: Kunstverlag B. Koci.
Citation Details:  page 24
Marriage Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 35
Marriage Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 17
Marriage Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 35
Marriage Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 17
Marriage Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 35
Marriage Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 17
Occupation Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 37 - 43
Residence Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 44 - 52
Occupation Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 53 - 58
Occupation Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  Chapters 6 - 8 ‎(pages 59 - 87)‎
Occupation Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  Chapter 9 ‎(pages 88 - 93)‎
Occupation Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  pages 94, 132
Death Gal Ed
Publication: Lieben, Koppelmann, and Solomon Judah Leib Rapoport. 1856. Gal Ed: kovets meah ve-shivim kitve luhot avne zikaron bi-sedeh ha-kevurah ... Prag. Prague: Bukdrukeray fun Mosheh Halevi Landa.
Citation Details:  No. 8 ‎(page 3 -4)‎
The Maharal's Epitaph - Gal Ed No. 8The Maharal's Epitaph - Gal Ed No. 8


Death Megilas Yuchsin
Publication: Prague, 1718
Citation Details:  page 18
  Text: transcription of epitaph
Death Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague
Publication: Ovadia, Avraham. 2002. Ha-ari Shebechachme Prague: Toldosav, Rabanuso u-mishnaso shel Rabbi Yehuda Liva'i barr. Betsalel ha-Maharal mi-Prague. Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook
Citation Details:  page 138
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Birth 1512 (רע״ב) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Death 17 September 1609 (י״ח אלול שס״ט) ‎(Age 97)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
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Birth 1512 (רע״ב) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Death 17 September 1609 (י״ח אלול שס״ט) ‎(Age 97)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
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Birth 1516 (רע״ו) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Death 5 May 1610 (י״ב אייר ש״ע) ‎(Age 94)‎ Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic

Marriage: 1544 (ש״ד) -- Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
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Faigala Loewy ‎(I1000)‎
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Gitli Loewy ‎(I2211)‎
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Reichel Loewy ‎(I2212)‎
Death 18 December 1632 (ה׳ טבת שצ״ג) Prague, , Hlavní mesto Praha, Czech Republic
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Death 1600 (ש״ס) Cologne, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany