person
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Rabbi Löw
also: Rabbi Löw, Liva, the Maharal
The Maharal of Prague (c.1512-1609), chief rabbi and Talmudic sage, later bound to the Golem legend; here he lifts a plague upon the children by a midnight judgment.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §86 Liva
Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c.1512-1609), the Maharal of Prague; 'Liva/Löw' (lion) is his name. The poem retells a legend of his lifting a plague upon the children.