Judah ben Jacob Najar

Who was Judah ben Jacob Najar?

Judah ben Jacob Najar was a Talmudic scholar, author, dayyan, nephew of Judah Cohen Tanugi, and member of the rabbinate in Tunis, where he died at an advanced age. He was the author of the following works:

Limmude Adonai, containing 204 hermeneutic rules bearing on Talmudical subjects, together with some funeral orations

Alfe Yehudah, commentary on Shebu'ot, with an appendix

Shebut Yehudah, commentary on the Mekhilta, with text

Mo'ade Adonai, commentary on parts of the SeMaG, published together with the commentaries of Elijah Mizraḥi, Solomon Luria, and Isaac Stein

Simḥat Yehudah, commentary on Keritot, Soferim, Semaḥot, Kallah, Derek Ereẓ, and Abot de-Rabbi Natan

Ḥayye Yehudah, commentary on Gerim, Abodim, and Kuttim

Ohole Yehudah, commentary on Sifre, with text and some decisions.