The golem and the wondrous deeds of the Maharal of Prague /

The golem and the wondrous deeds of the Maharal of Prague / Yudl Rosenberg ; translated from the Hebrew and edited and with an introduction and notes by Curt Leviant.

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This collection of inter-related stories about a sixteenth-century Prague rabbi and the golem he created became an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1909. So widely popular and influential was Yudl Rosenberg's book, it is no exaggeration to claim that the author transformed the centu...

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Main Author: Rozenberg, Yehudah Yudl, 1859-1935
Other Authors: Leviant, Curt
Other title:Niflaʼot Maharal. English.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Judah Loew ben Bezalel, > approximately 1525-1609 > Legends.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel, > approximately 1525-1609.
Golem.
Blood accusation > Legends.
Jewish legends.
Blood accusation.
Legends.
Table of Contents:
  • Publisher's preface
  • Bill of sale
  • The history of the great Gaon, the holy, supernal Maharal of Prague, may the memory of that righteous, saintly man be a blessing for life in the world to come
  • The Maharal's battle against the blood libel
  • The Maharal's suggestion to have a disputation with the priests
  • The disputation
  • "A man who excels at his work shall attend upon kings" : this is the Maharal
  • How the Maharal created the golem
  • How Yossele the golem carried water for Passover
  • How Yossele the golem caught fish for Rosh Hashana
  • For what purposes the Maharal used the golem
  • The Maharal's first miracle with the golem
  • The astonishing tale of the healer's daughter
  • The wondrous and famous story known as "The daughter's misfortune"
  • A very amazing tale about a blood libel by the priest Thaddeus which caused his final downfall and his banishment from Prague
  • The marvelous story of the wonder of wonders that the Maharal revealed to the two Berls whose two children were switched by a midwife
  • The astounding story of the Torah that fell to the floor on Yom Kippur
  • The attack on Yossele the golem
  • An awesome tale about the ruin near Prague
  • A wondrous tale about Duke Bartholomew
  • The last blood libel in Prague during the Maharal's lifetime
  • How the Maharal brought about the end of the golem
  • The Maharal's remarks concerning the golem
  • A miraculous event pertaining to the Maharal's engagement.

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