Rabbi Menona Saba (Rabbi Menona the Elder, also known as Rabbi Menona Saba Kadma - HaKadmon ) was, according to the Book of Zohar , a sage in the third generation of Tannaim , at the end of the Second Temple period. It is not mentioned at all in the Mishnah or the Talmud , but is mentioned in the Book of Zohar many times.