Judah ben Yakar

Judah ben Yakar(d. between 1201 and 1218) was a rabbi and talmudist.

Born inProvence, he later studied underIsaac ben Abraham of Dampierrein northern France.Surviving documents place him inBarcelonain 1175, and establish that he died between 1201 and 1218.

He was the teacher ofNahmanides(Ramban), and through him Nahmanides learned the scholarship of theTosafists.He is quoted frequently in the works of Nahmanides, and occasionally in those ofShlomo ibn Aderet(Rashba),Yom Tov Asevilli(Ritva), and others.He was known as "a great storehouse of the twoTalmuds".He wrote a commentary on theJerusalem Talmud- apparently the first such commentary - which is no longer extant.According to some, he also wrote a commentary to theBabylonian Talmud,but this too is lost.He wrote a commentary on the prayer liturgy, known asMaayan Ganim,which was often quoted by laterrishonim,particularlyDavid Abudirham.

According toGershon ScholemandMoshe Idelhe was one of the earliestkabbalists,butHaviva Pedayadisagreed.

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