Unsolved:Judah ben Yakar
Judah ben Yakar (d. between 1201 and 1218) was a rabbi and talmudist. Born in Provence,[1] he later studied under Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre in northern France.[2] Surviving documents place him in Barcelona in 1175, and establish that he died between 1201 and 1218.[1]
He was the teacher of Nahmanides (Ramban), and through him Nahmanides learned the scholarship of the Tosafists.[1] He is quoted frequently in the works of Nahmanides, and occasionally in those of Shlomo ibn Aderet (Rashba), Yom Tov Asevilli (Ritva), and others.[3] He was known as "a great storehouse of the two Talmuds".[4] He wrote a commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud - apparently the first such commentary - which is no longer extant.[5] According to some, he also wrote a commentary to the Babylonian Talmud, but this too is lost.[6] He wrote a commentary on the prayer liturgy, known as Maayan Ganim, which was often quoted by later rishonim, particularly David Abudirham.[1]
According to Gershon Scholem and Moshe Idel he was one of the earliest kabbalists, but Haviva Pedaya disagreed.[7]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Judah ben Yakar". Encyclopaedia Judaica. http://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/judah-ben-yakar.
- ↑ Lekutot HaRamban, Pesachim 117b s.v. veani omer
- ↑ For example: Chiddushei HaRamban to Kiddushin 22a, 26a, 27a, 65b, 75b; Chiddushei haRashba Bava Batra 82a; Chiddushei HaRitva Bava Batra 82b; and many others
- ↑ Shut HaRashbash, 89
- ↑ Shut Harashba 1:523; Tashbetz, Magen Avod 4:11 (p.67)
- ↑ שלם יהלום, ר' יהודה בר יקר – תולדותיו ומקומו במשנת הרמב"ן, סידרא יז, תשס"א-תשס"ב, עמ' 88.
- ↑ גרשם שלום, "לחקר קבלת רבי יצחק בן יעקב הכהן" תרביץ ג תרצ"ב, עמ' 277; משה אידל רמב"ן: קבלה הלכה ומנהיגות רוחנית, תרביץ סד, תשנ"ה, עמ' 542; חביבה פדיה, הרמב"ן - התעלות: זמן מחזורי וטקסט קדוש תל אביב תשס"ג עמ' 89, הע' 5.
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