Samson ben Zadok

{{Short description|Rabbi (died 1312)}}

{{distinguish|text =Simeon ben Zemah Duran, who authored a different work with the same name}}

Samson ben Ẓadok (died 1312) was a rabbi and author of Sefer Tashbeẓ{{cite book|last=Trachtenberg|first=Joshua|author-link=Joshua Trachtenberg|orig-date=Originally published 1939|title=Jewish Magic and Superstition|publication-place=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|publication-date=2004|page=321|isbn=9780812218626}} (also spelled Tashbaẓ). He was a student of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg{{cite book|author=Abraham Zacuto|author-link=Abraham Zacuto|script-title=he: ספר יוחסין|url=https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=11550&pgnum=264 |language=he|access-date=Aug 16, 2022}} and served his teacher while the latter was imprisoned at Ensisheim.{{cite wikisource|title=הג"ה מנחם ציון על שם הגדולים חלק ב, מערכת ת', הערה עט|wslink=שם_הגדולים_(קרענגיל)/חלק_ב/ת#fn_(עט)|wslanguage=he}}

His work, Sefer Tashbeẓ, consists of teachings of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, taught to Rabbi Samson by Rabbi Meir during his time in prison.{{cite book|author=Chaim Yosef David Azulai|author-link=Chaim Yosef David Azulai|script-title=he:שם הגדולים|url=https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=30594&st=&pgnum=143&hilite=|language=he|access-date=Aug 16, 2022}} The work contains glosses by Rabbi Peretz ben Elijah.{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=PEREZ BEN ELIJAH OF CORBEIL|url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12027-perez-ben-elijah-of-corbeil}}{{cite wikisource|author=Chaim Yosef David Azulai|title=שם הגדולים חלק ב, מערכת ת|wslink=שם_הגדולים_(קרענגיל)/חלק_ב/ת|wslanguage=he}}