Yochanan ben zakkai biography of abraham

  • Johanan ben Zakkai was a Palestinian Jewish sage, founder of an academy and an authoritative rabbinic body at Jamnia.
  • Johanan ben Zakkai, (flourished 1st century ad), Palestinian Jewish sage.
  • The most important tanna in the last decade of the Second Temple, and, after the destruction of Jerusalem, the founder and first president of the academy at.

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    Yohanan ben Zakkai

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    Yohanan ben Zakkai

    Yohanan ben Zakkai (Hebrew: יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, romanized: Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as ריב״ז‎ ribaz for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was a tanna, an important Jewish sage during the late Second Temple period during the transformative post-destruction era. He was a primary contributor to the core text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Mishnah. His name is often preceded by the honorific title Rabban. Read more on Wikipedia

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      Yochanan ben Zakai (Hebrew: יוחנן בן זכאי, died 80-90 C.E.), also spelled Johanan b. Zakki, was an important rabbinical sage in the final days of the Second Temple era of Judaism and a key figure in the transition from Temple-centered to Rabbinical Judaism.

      Already a well known teacher in Jerusalem before the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 C.E., Yochanan was smuggled out of the city during the rebellion and convinced the future emperor Vespasian to allow him to reestablish his academy at Jamnia. This institution became the leading center of Judaism after the Temple was destroyed. Under Yochanan's influence, animal sacrifices were abandoned in favor of prayer as the primary means of atonement between man and God. The active Jewish priesthood thus came to an end and was replaced by the rabbinical tradition. Yochanan also facilitated the ascendancy of the relatively liberal teachings of Hillel over the stricter attitude of Shammai in the Council of Jamnia (70-90 C.E.) and subse

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       JEWISH TIME

      The three-year Roman siege of Yerushalayim portended doom for Jewish nationalism. The inhabitants of the Holy City were divided; some were wearied from the hopelessness of the situation; others, although refusing to surrender, fought among themselves. Hunger and disease were rampant. Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai was among those leaders who determined to do something about the impending destruction of Yerushalyim.

      “The Jewish people are fighting among themselves,” he reasoned. “There are so many different political parties, so many different opinions on how to deal with the enemy; the Sicarii, or Biryonim, as they sometimes call themselves, are clandestine killers. Anyone they see speaking to a Roman finds his life endangered and becomes a target for their fulspel play. The Zealots want to kamp the mighty enemy and restore Jewish independence; they think the situation fryst vatten the same as it was in the days of the Maccabbees.

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