Jacob ben Jakar

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Gravestone of Jakob ben Jakar, died 1064; on the Mainz Judensand

Jakob ben Jakar († 1064 in Mainz ) came from Mainz and was head of the yeshiva in Worms around 1060 .

He first studied with Gerschom ben Jehuda in Mainz and Magenza and then worked there as a teacher alongside Eliezer ben Isaak ben Josua (the great) from Worms. From there he went to Worms. Rashi of Troyes was one of his students there . That he also led the yeshiva in Paris was represented in the older literature. But there is no evidence of this.

It is said that he was regarded as an authority on matters relating to halacha and literature.

His tombstone, walled up as a spoil , was found in 1922 in the former Mainz city fortifications.

literature

  • Selig Bamberger : Raschi's Pentateuch Commentary. Completely translated into German and provided with an introduction . 4th edition. Basel 1994. ISBN 385705-003-9
  • Ismar Elbogen u. a. (Hg): Germania Judaica 1: From the oldest times to 1238 . Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1963.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elbogen, p. 447.
  2. ↑ Elbogen, p. 192.
  3. ↑ Elbogen, p. 447.
  4. ↑ Elbogen, pp. 192, 447.
  5. ^ Henri Gross: Gallia Judaica. Dictionaire géographique des la France d'apres les sources rabbiniques . Philo Press, Amsterdam 1969, p. 507, note 1.
  6. ↑ Bamberger, p. VII.
  7. ↑ Elbogen, p. 214, note 185.
personal data
SURNAME Jacob ben Jakar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 1064
Place of death Mainz