Samuel ben Nahman

Who is Samuel ben Nahman?

Samuel ben Nahman or Samuel [bar] Nahmani was a rabbi of the Talmud, known as an amora, who lived in the Land of Israel from the beginning of the 3rd century until the beginning of the 4th century. He was a pupil of R. Jonathan ben Eleazar and one of the most famous haggadists of his time. He was a native of the Land of Israel and may have known the patriarch Judah I. It appears that he went to Babylon in his youth but soon returned to Israel.