Editing Judah Loew ben Bezalel (section)

===Career===
Loew accepted a rabbinical position in 1553 as ''Landesrabbiner'' of [[Moravia]] at [[Mikulov]] (Nikolsburg), directing community affairs but also determining which tractate of the [[Talmud]] was to be studied in the communities in that province. He also revised the community statutes on the election and taxation process. Although he retired from Moravia in 1573 the communities still considered him an authority long after that.

One of his activities in Moravia was the rallying against slanderous slurs on legitimacy (''Nadler'') that were spread in the community against certain families and could ruin the finding of a [[shidduch|marriage partner]] for the children of those families. This phenomenon even affected his own family. He used one of the two yearly grand sermons (between [[Rosh Hashanah]] and [[Yom Kippur]] 1583) to denounce the phenomenon.<ref name=je>{{JewishEncyclopedia|url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9009-judah-low-lob-liwa-ben-bezaleel|title=JUDAH LÖW (LÖB, LIWA) BEN BEZALEEL (known also as Der Hohe Rabbi Löw)}}</ref>

Loew moved to Prague in 1573, where he again accepted a rabbinical position, replacing the retired Isaac Hayoth.<ref name=je/> He immediately reiterated his views on ''Nadler''. On 23 February 1592, he had an audience with [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Rudolf II]], which he attended together with his brother Sinai and his son-in-law Isaac Cohen; Prince Bertier was present with the emperor. The conversation seems to have been related to [[Kabbalah]] (Jewish mysticism, [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: קַבָּלָה) a subject which held much fascination for the emperor.<ref name=je/>

In 1592, Loew moved to Poznań, where he had been elected as [[Chief Rabbi]] of Poland. In Poznań he composed ''Netivoth Olam'' and part of ''Derech Chaim'' (see below).<ref name=je/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hebrewbooks.org/21875|title= Sefer Detail: וכוח מים חיים -- חיים בן בצלאל|website=www.hebrewbooks.org|accessdate=Apr 2, 2023}}</ref>