# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaakov-ben-yakar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:11.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaakov-ben-yakar"
name: "Yaakov ben Yakar"
slug: "yaakov-ben-yakar"
description: "Yaakov ben Yakar was a German Talmudist. He flourished in the first half of the 11th century. He was a pupil of Gershom ben Judah in Mainz, and is especially known as the teacher of Rashi, who characterizes him as Mori HaZaken."
tagline: "German rabbi"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Yaakov-ben-Yakar-Mainz.jpg/330px-Yaakov-ben-Yakar-Mainz.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "990"
deathDate: "1064"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.813284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_ben_Jakar"
    title: "Jakob ben Jakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_ben_Yakar"
    title: "Yaakov ben Yakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_ben_Yakar"
    title: "Yaakov ben Yakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "יעקב בן יקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_ben_Yakar"
    title: "Yaakov ben Yakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1187659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump