Rabbi Judah ben Bezalel Lowe, known as the Maharal of Prague was famous among Jews and non-Jews alike. He was a mystic who was revered for his holiness and Torah scholarship, as well as his proficiency in mathematics, astronomy, and other sciences. Eventually, word of his greatness reached the ears of Emperor Rudolph II.
The Emperor invited the Maharal to his castle on February 23, 1592. There they conversed for one and a half hours, and developed a mutual respect for each other.
Rabbi Judah Lowe made use of his excellent connections with the Emperor, often intervening on behalf of his community when it was threatened by anti-Semitic attacks or oppression.
We grow because we remember; we grow because we forget. We forget “I am this.” We remember that we were never really that at all.
It is the power to be all things, to not to be ruled by any of them, because in essence we are none of them.
We grow when we remember we are not who we were yesterday, and tomorrow we will not be who we were today.