Judah ha-Nasi

Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi
The Burial Cave of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi in Beit Shearim, Israel
Born	Yehudah ben Shimon c. 135 CE Judea, Roman Empire
Died	c. 217 CE Sepphoris, Roman Judea
Other names	Rabbi, Rebbi, Rabbenu HaQadosh
Occupation(s)	Rabbi, Tanna, Chief redactor of the Mishnah
Known for	Compilation of the Mishnah, leadership of the Jewish community in Roman Judea
Notable work	Mishnah

Judah ha-Nasi (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא‎, Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ‎; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the President) or Judah I, known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi, was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah. He lived from approximately 135 to 217 CE. He was a key leader of the Jewish community in Roman-occupied Judea after the Bar Kokhba revolt.