Tanna of the second century. His name occurs only in the Tosefta and the Mekilta. He is the author of the halakah to the effect that a corpse may be carried on the Sabbath to save it from a fire (Shab. 43b). Besides this halakah, which is transmitted by him alone, there is another (Tosef., Sanh. 1:7) which prescribes that after a judge has heard both sides, and has formed an opinion, he may not say: "I will not judge between you."
A few of Judah's haggadic utterances also have been preserved; e.g.: "The children of Israel had two Arks of the Covenant. In one were the broken tables of stone; in the other, the Book of the Torah" (Tosef., Soṭah, 7:18). "The Ark of the Covenant was not carried to Babylon, but was hidden in the Temple itself" (Yoma 53a). "When a scholar neglects learning, Proverbs 27:8 may be applied to him" (Ḥag. 9b).