Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg

Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg
Personal life
BornEphraim ben Isaac
1110 (1110)
Died1175 (aged 64–65)
Parent
  • Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham (father)
Religious life
ReligionJudaism

Ephraim ben Isaac ben Abraham of Regensburg (Hebrew: אפרים בן יצחק מרגנסבורג; c. 1110 – 1175) also sometimes called Ben Yakir, was a 12th-century German tosafist and liturgical poet who was known for his keen intellect, his numerous piyyutim and for controversy refusing to recognize any post-Talmudic authority.