Lehallel
חברותאChavrusa

Jewish History

The Maharal of Prague

The life and legacy of the Maharal of Prague, a 16th-century Jewish scholar and…

About this shiur

The life and legacy of the Maharal of Prague, a 16th-century Jewish scholar and leader.

A 29 min jewish history shiur by Jewish History Soundbites. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

The Maharal of Prague
The Lehallel Torah library showing rows of approved shiurim and speakers
The Lehallel Torah library — every video reviewed against one written standard before it appears.

Watch it filtered

Watch "The Maharal of Prague" by Jewish History Soundbites on Lehallel — the whole approved catalog, filtered first, with nothing to stumble on. During prelaunch you can watch free, no membership needed.

The Maharal of Prague28:30

More on Lehallel

Jewish History Soundbites has 176 approved videos on Lehallel across Hashkafa, Jewish History, Shiurim — every one reviewed against the same written standard before it appears.

Recently approved from the same speaker: “From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)” (29:08) · “Pre War Torah Leaders on Vacation” (20:13) · “Yes, We've Got the Music! The Jewish Music Revolution Part I (replay)” (27:32).

From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)29:08Pre War Torah Leaders on Vacation20:13Yes, We've Got the Music! The Jewish Music Revolution Part I (replay)27:32

Watch it filtered, in one minute

Lehallel installs from the browser on any phone — open lehallel.com, choose Add to Home Screen, and only approved videos exist inside: no ads, no comments, no autoplay into anything unapproved. On a managed or kosher device, allowlisting just lehallel.com is enough.

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Jewish History Soundbites’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

A date which will live in infamy. Both of those projects, initiatives got off the ground because of the girl river. politic team members slain in West Germany Out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to learn in Americans who had come to learn in cavern. I saved 1 million Jewish children who were made to be cut loose. Whoever heard such beautiful words? It is never too little. It is never too late. And it is never enough. the links and information in the text accompanying this episode as well as on the Jewish history sound bites social media platforms for everyone to benefit from. I enjoyed immensely myself and highly recommend it for all Jewish history sound bites listeners as I'm sure that many of the listeners would enjoy it as well. Um Rabbi Yisrael Hartman is very knowledgeable. He sources all over the place. He's quoting zohars and Maharals and tzaddiks and the Alter Rebbe and so many more. So clear, concise, great message each time and most importantly message each time and most importantly to me it's it's very clear, very good listen. Um I also want to mention that we had the Rabbi Victor Miller episode just last week and it was part one and the Rabbi Victor Miller series is continuing later this week and next week with parts two and three. It's in the works as we speak so I just wanted to mention that. Keep keep keep stay tuned for that. It's coming up very soon. I'm getting great feedback in the meantime from part one so I'm really looking forward to the new

Jump to a moment

  1. 0:05A date which will live in infamy. Both of those projects, initiatives got off the ground
  2. 3:41than a historical personality. Um so so immense the the who the Maharal was and it's
  3. 6:14And the sefarim that he used is attributed to the Maharal and the Shlah Hakadosh. So
  4. 8:49accomplishments. Um the first of all the general society of his day. He lives in Central
  5. 11:22in 1612. He never got married. He um also was known for his tolerance for other
  6. 13:59And in in in Prague and in the Czech lands in Bohemia, there's a Hussite, as
  7. 17:02were moving east away from Ashkenaz, away from the German lands and east into the Polish
  8. 19:38when you go to the Altneu Schul today, you still see a document hanging on the
  9. 22:14stop the uh folklorists from making up all kinds of stories about what went on in
  10. 24:47own lifetime by Rabbi Ephraim Luntschitz, the Kli Yakar. Although the Kli Yakar, we know him

About Jewish History Soundbites on Lehallel

177 approved videos from 2020 to 2026, 94 of them searchable by their own words. Open all of Jewish History Soundbites’s shiurim →

Most played

Mr. Ralph Herzka at the 2022 Mir Yerushalayim Dinner: "Dear Rav Nosson Tzvi"22:41 · 5.2K views · Apr 7, 2022Never Again! The Life & Times of Rabbi Meir Kahane Part I34:44 · 1.8K views · Jan 24, 2021Rebbe Under Communism: The Ribnitzer Rebbe24:21 · 1.1K views · Oct 8, 2023

More from Jewish History Soundbites

Chassidic Historiography: Tribute to Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi231 views · Sep 5Pre War Torah Leaders on Vacation20:13 · 30 views · Aug 15From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)29:08 · 50 views · Aug 1Yes, We've Got the Music! The Jewish Music Revolution Part I (replay)27:32 · 52 views · Jul 25In the City of Death: The 1903 Kishinev Pogrom50:08 · 141 views · Jul 18The Molotov Von Ribbentrop Pact56:39 · 80 views · Jul 7

More on this topic, from other speakers

Historic Footage of Satmar Rebbe, R' Yoel Teitelbaum zt’lNaftali Kempeh · 2:50 · 21K views · Oct 24, 2023TLT Series Episode 2: R' Fishel Mael - The Twelve Tribes from a Torah perspectiveSeforimChatter with Nachi Weinstein · 49:27 · 42 views · Jan 25, 2024What was IBM's Connection to the HolocaustRabbi Yitzchak Botton · 8:35 · 442 views · Apr 17, 2023The Shochet: The autobiography of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848 - 1930) (with Michoel Rotenfeld)SeforimChatter with Nachi Weinstein · 1:30:41 · 265 views · Feb 18, 2024

At a glance

Key takeaways

  • Jewish History — 29 min, by Jewish History Soundbites
  • Approved by the Lehallel judge before appearing — never an unreviewed result
  • Watch free during prelaunch on Lehallel

Watch this now

Don’t just read about it — watch it

The Maharal of Prague28:30From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)29:08Pre War Torah Leaders on Vacation20:13
Watch free on Lehallel — no signup

Every video is reviewed against one written standard before it can play.