the occasional stamp - the catalogue number 600

In accordance with § 35 of the Act No. 29/2000 Coll., on the Postal
Services and on Amendments to Other Acts (Act on Postal Services), on
27th May 2009 the Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued the
occasional stamp
Rabbi Judah Löw.

The occasional stamp - Rabbi Judah LöwThe Jewish rabbi and scholar Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1525—1609), also known as Rabbi Lowe or as the Maharal of Prague (MaHaRaL is the Hebrew acronym of Morenu Ha—Rav Loew, "Our Teacher the Rabbi Loew" or also Morenu Ha—gadol Rabbi Loew, "Our (Great) Teacher Rabbi Loew") is a significant historical person. He served in the position of leading land rabbi in Mikulov and later in Prague. He founded and led a talmudic school (yeshiva) in the Prague Jewish Ghetto and set up the regulations for the chevra kadisha (burial society). An established authority and expert in the Torah and the Jewish religion, he is compared to J. A. Komensky not only for his opinions as a teacher. His interest in alchemy was the likely reason for his audience (16. 2. 1592) with the Emperor Rudolf II. The life of the Rabbi Loew is covered with numerous stories and legends, the best known of which is the legend of the Prague Golem. Nevertheless. Golem it mentioned in none of the seventeen printed publications of the Rabbi. The legend first appeared at the turn of the 19^th century. Although it was only a part of his life that he spent in Prague, the Rabbi Loew, or the Maharal of Prague in Jewish literature, is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery there. The postage stamp will he issued in the form of an arranged printed sheet of 5 stamps and 4 coupons.

Graphic design: Karel Zemna

Engraver: Jaroslav Tvrdoň

Face value: 21.0 CZK

The catalogue number of the stamp: 600

The validation of the stamp: since 27^th May 2009 till its revocation.

The issue of this stamp was published at the Postal Bulletin of the Czech Republic, No. 5/2009, 15th May 2009 [PDF, 296 kB] — only in Czech.