David ben Zakkai (died 940 CE) was an exilarch, leader of the Jewish community of Babylon, known in Jewish history especially for his conflict with Saadia...

23:15). In the year 928, at the age of thirty-six (variant: forty-six), David ben Zakkai, the Exilarch or head of Babylonian Jewry, petitioned Saadia to assume...

paternally descend from Hasan ben Zakkai, the younger brother of the Exilarch David I (d. 940). One of Hasan's descendants Solomon ben Azariah ha-Nasi settled...

Bostanai. Following his uncle, Zakkai ben Ahunai's death in 890, he succeeded Zakkai as Exilarch, rather than Zakkai's son David, who was deemed too controversial...

in many countries. A letter from the exilarch David ben Zakkai and the Babylonian notables was sent to ben Meïr, imploring him not to cause a schism and...

journeys Zakkai II Samuel I of Mosul David VI, son of Samuel I Daniel II, son of Zakkai II Samuel II, son of David VI or Azariah Jesse, defended Moses ben Maimon's...

paternally descend from Josiah al-Hasan ben Zakkai (d. 940), the younger brother of the Exilarch David ben Zakkai (d. 940), whose genealogy is recounted...

treated in Yiddish. Another version of this story exists in which Johanan ben Zakkai's name is given in place of Akiva. Historical novels available in English...

Yohanan ben Zakkai thus expressed himself concerning Joshua ben Hananiah: "Hail to thee who gave him birth". According to another tradition Yohanan ben Zakkai...

Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai Shuli Rand - Ben Batich Ze'ev Revach - The High Priest Joshua ben Gamla Moni Moshonov - Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai Amos Tamam -...

occasionally Rebbi like his grandfather. Shimon ben Lakish (d. late 3rd century), student of Yohanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yannai and others, and colleague of...

HaRambam compound / complex are: Shelah HaKadosh Eliezer ben Hurcanus Yohanan ben Zakkai Joshua ben Hananiah Averroes Iggeret Teman (Epistle to Yemen) Maimonides...

conflicting reports regarding the names of his children. A certain Rabbi Zakkai is mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela as being his son, albeit only in passing...

by the Arabs and the ben Zakkai Synagogue was built in its stead. Bezalel Ashkenazi—first chief rabbi to preside in the ben Zakkai Synagogue Gedaliah Cordovero...

Exilarchs; his father David was the son of Zakkai. Some scholars believe Hezekiah was great-grandson of David ben Zakai (not the grandson of David). Hezekiah was...

bar Yochai (Zoharic Aramaic: שמעון בר יוחאי, Šimʿon bar Yoḥay) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: שמעון בן יוחאי), also known by the acronym Rashbi...

David El-David, was a Jewish Messiah claimant born in Amadiya, Iraq under the name Menaḥem ben Solomon (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּן שְׁלֹמֹה). David Alroy studied...

Johanan ben Zaccai (after 70 AD), on the ground that the men of his generation were not above the suspicion of impurity. "Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai". Archived...

Menahem ben Judah lived around the time of the First Jewish–Roman War and is mentioned by Josephus. He was the leader of a faction called the Sicarii...

Ananus ben Ananus, ben Gurion was heading the Judean provisional government (66–68), formed in the aftermath of the Battle of Beth Horon (66). Ben Gurion...

Eleazar ben Simon (Hebrew: אלעזר בן שמעון) was a Zealot leader during the First Jewish-Roman War who fought against the armies of Cestius Gallus, Vespasian...

the Pharisaic sage and Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai obtained his permission to establish a Judaic school at Yavne. Zakkai was smuggled away from Jerusalem in...

study, and synagogue gatherings. According to Rabbinic tradition, Yohanan ben Zakkai escaped Jerusalem during the siege and secured Roman permission to establish...

town's contribution to Judaism's recovery and reconstitution under sages ben Zakkai and Gamaliel II following the destruction of the Second Temple. This period...

garrison of Masada and settled there. The Sicarii were commanded by Eleazar ben Ya'ir, and in 70 AD they were joined by additional Sicarii and their families...

Bible as a place of refuge for David when he fled from king Saul. Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael says that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai is said to have gone up to...

of David, the tradition holds that this symbol has appeared on the shield of King David and the Jewish fighters following. Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, in...

Sanhedrin before its disbanding in 425 CE. Tombs of famous rabbis Yohanan ben Zakkai, Akiva and Maimonides are also located in the city and it was also the...

but after the destruction of the city and the Second Temple, Yohanan ben Zakkai and his students founded a new Council of Jamnia.[citation needed] Other...

Makhir ben Yehudah Zakkai of Narbonne or Makhir ben Habibai of Narbonne or Natronai ben Habibi (725 - 765 CE or 793 CE) was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar...