• 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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  • 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),...
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    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)...
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    Judaism: Literature, p. 74: "When Eleazar finished the Works of the Chariot, Yohanan stood and kissed him on his head and said, Blessed is the Lord, God of...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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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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  • Yohanan ben Zakkai thus expressed himself concerning Joshua ben Hananiah: "Hail to thee who gave him birth". According to another tradition Yohanan ben...
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  • 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...
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  • 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]...
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