Mind-Benders of Jewish History
The Maharal of Prague shared a city with Kepler
In the Maharal of Prague's final years, the astronomer Johannes Kepler was living and working in the same city, serving as imperial mathematician at the court of Emperor Rudolf II. The Maharal died in 1609, the very year Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens.
How we know
Maharal (Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel) died 1609 in Prague. Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) lived in Prague c.1600–1612 as imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in late 1609. All three were active in 1609.
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