• Yohanan ben Zakkai (Hebrew: יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, romanized: Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as ריב״ז‎ ribaz for Rabbi Yohanan...
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  • disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah. He is the sixth most...
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  • 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...
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  • daughter, Imma Shalom, married Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, one of the greatest students of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia 59b). His...
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    Apocalypse; Baron James de Rothschild financed the relief of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai in memory of his late father, Baron Edmond de Rothschild; Relief Bar Kochba...
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  • 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...
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  • of Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakkai: Ca. I–80 C.E. E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-9004021389. Solomon Schechter, Wilhelm Bacher. "Johanan B. Zakkai". Jewish Encyclopedia...
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  • Yohanan ben Zakkai thus expressed himself concerning Joshua ben Hananiah: "Hail to thee who gave him birth". According to another tradition Yohanan ben Zakkai...
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    study, and synagogue gatherings. According to Rabbinic tradition, Yohanan ben Zakkai escaped Jerusalem during the siege and secured Roman permission to establish...
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  • circumcision—which must, therefore, have occurred after the death of Johanan ben Zakkai (80)—it is also true that the "Holy of Holies" is likewise mentioned in...
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    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 -...
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    Rabbi Akiva (redirect from Akiva ben Yosef)
    treated in Yiddish. Another version of this story exists in which Johanan ben Zakkai's name is given in place of Akiva. Meaning "son of the satisfied dog",...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Sicarii (redirect from Eleazar ben Ya'ir)
    instead of negotiating peace. Their leaders, including Menahem ben Yehuda and Eleazar ben Ya'ir, were notable figures in the war, and the group fought in...
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    replace animal sacrifice when the Temple is not active: "Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai was walking with ... Rabbi Yehoshua, ...Rabbi Yehoshua looked at the Temple...
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    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...
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    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...
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    the siege, making it plausible that Ben Zakkai was among them. Under the leadership of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, Yavne emerged as a prominent rabbinic...
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  • 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...
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    disciples, the greatest of whom being Jonathan ben Uzziel, while the least of whom was Yohanan ben Zakkai. Whatever Hillel's position, his authority was...
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    centers of scholarship and leadership, initially at Yavne under Yohanan ben Zakkai, who promoted a focus on Torah study and synagogue worship. The next decades...
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  • Hanina ben Dosa (Hebrew: חנינא בן דוסא) was a first-century Jewish scholar and miracle-worker and the pupil of Yohanan ben Zakkai. He is buried in the...
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    Instead the chain is listed as passing directly from Hillel to Yohanan ben Zakkai. Nevertheless, the Mishnah mentions Gamaliel's authorship of a few laws...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • the Jerusalem Talmud (Baba Bathra 21b). The early Jewish sage Yohanan ben Zakkai tore down their argument, saying that the only reason the daughter was...
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    Yohanan ben Zakkai (d. c. 80 CE) and Rabbi Akiva (d. 135) were deeply involved in merkabah exegesis. Rabbi Akiva and his contemporary Ishmael ben Elisha...
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    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...
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  • include Rabbi Zadok and Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob, beginning in the time of the disciples of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai. The title "Rabbi" occurs (in Greek...
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