Samuel Loew

Who was Samuel Loew?

Samuel ben Nathan Ha-Levi Loew was a Talmudist and Halakhist, son of Nathan Naṭe ha-Levi, born at Kolin, Bohemia. For nearly 60 years he presided over a yeshiva at Boskovice, Moravia, where he died on May 20, 1806. He had the title Av Beis Din of Boskowitz.

Samuel had 3 sons and 3 daughters: Benjamin Ze'ev Ha-Levi Boskowitz, Jacob, Jehuda, Sara married Markus Wassertrilling of Boskovice, Esther married Bernhard Biach

His works were published under the name Machatsith haShekel as follows:

An extensive subcommentary on Abraham Abele Gombiner’s Magen Abraham on Shulhan Aruk, Oraḥ Ḥayyim

A subcommentary on the Shakh on Shulchan Arukh, Yore De’a Hilkhot Niddah and Hilkot Meliḥah

These commentaries appear nowadays in most editions of the Shulchan Arukh.

His son Wolf Boskowitz delivered the sermon at his funeral. His descendant in the 5th generation, Dr. Max Anton Löw, a convert to Roman Catholicism, was the attorney of the anti-Semite Francis Deckert.