Reb Yaakov

The Wedding of the Maharal of Prague and His Wife Pearl

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Rabi Yehuda ben Bezalel Lowe, known as the Maharal of Prague, was born in 1525, in Posen. He married Pearl, the only daughter of the wealthy and prominent Reb Shmuel ben Reb Yaakov, but not without the help an anonymous soldier.