Isaac ben Samuel of Acre (fl. 13th-14th century) (Hebrew: יצחק בן שמואל דמן עכו, Yitzhak ben Shmuel d'min Akko) was a Jewish kabbalist who fled to Spain.
According to Abraham Azulai, Isaac ben Samuel was a pupil of Nahmanides.
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