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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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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Judah ben Yakar". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ 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.