Ravina I (Hebrew: רבינא; died c. AD 420) was a Babylonian Jewish Talmudist and rabbi, of the 5th and 6th generation of amoraim.
[4] At an early age Ravina was recognized as a teacher, leaving the academy at Mahoza while Rava was still living.
[6] Ravina was on friendly terms with Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak,[7] and was a colleague of Rav Aha b. Rava, with whom he had many disputations on legal questions, Ravina being inclined to lenience and Aha to stringency.
Ravina's decisions always prevailed, with the exception of three cases in which, contrary to his custom, he advocated stringency.
Ravina began the process of compiling the Babylonian Talmud with Rav Ashi.