Yohanan ben Zakkai (Hebrew: יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, romanized: Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as ריב״ז‎ ribaz for Rabbi Yohanan...

simply as "Rabbi Yohanan" Johanan ben Nuri, one of the tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, frequently cited in the Mishnah Yohanan ben Zakai (c. 30–90),...

include: the Eliahu Ha'navi Synagogue (established c. 1586), the Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue (whose current building dates to the beginning of the 17th century)...

descendants of Hillel the Elder, the sole exception being Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai (c. 30–90 CE), the leader in Jerusalem during the Siege of Jerusalem in...

Tree-planting is an ancient Jewish tradition. The Talmudic rabbi Yohanan ben Zakai used to say that if a person planting a tree heard that the Messiah...

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...

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

Romans out of desperation. This event precipitated the escape of Johanan ben Zakai and his meeting with Vespasian, which led to the foundation of the Academy...

Jerusalem, 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]...

"crosstown" rivalry existing between Galileans and Judaic Pharisees. Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai was born in Arav, Galilee, but upon adulthood moved south into...