Judah ben Asher

Judah ben Asher (1270–1349) was a German Talmudist and later rabbi of Toledo, son of the rabbi Asher ben Jehiel, the Rosh. He left Germany for Spain in 1283, reached Toledo in 1285, and in 1305 preceded his father to Castile.

After the Rosh died in 1321 or 1328, Toledo made him its rabbi. After a quarrel he planned to move to Seville, but his congregation doubled his salary; he nevertheless urged his sons to return to Germany. He died at Toledo in 1349.