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Eva Bacharach (c. 1580 in Prague – 1651 in Sofia) was a Hebraist and rabbinical scholar. She was the daughter of Isaac ben Simson ha-Kohen, and through her mother, Vögele, granddaughter of the well-known rabbi of Prague, Judah Loew ben Bezalel. Her brothers, Ḥayyim and Naphtali, were also noted rabbis. As a daughter of such a distinguished rabbinical family, she acquired a wide knowledge of Hebrew and rabbinical literature, and could often assist rabbis in solving textual difficulties.
Eva Bacharach in 1632[]
In 1633, Eva Bacharach was living in Prague's Jewish ghetto. During the preparations to meet Heinrich Holk's army at the Stone Bridge, she met Judith Roth, and learned that, in the OTL, the American was one of her distant descendants. She was also surprised to learn that the golem story her grandfather made up was actually believed by future generations.