Johanan ben Zakkai

[ joh-han-uhn ben zak-ey-ahy; Sephardic Hebrew yaw-khah-nahn ben zah-kahy ]

noun

1. died a.d. c80, Palestinian rabbi who was a leading Pharisaic teacher: disciple of Hillel.

Example Sentences

Gamaliel II. became Johanan ben Zakkai’s successor, and rendered immense service in the strengthening and reintegration of Judaism, which had been deprived of its former basis by the destruction of the Temple and by the entire loss of its political autonomy.

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Johanan, R., 79, 306, 309, 327 Johanan ben Zakkai, 222, 258, 403 John the Baptist, 434 John Hyrcanus, 419 Jonah, 127, 250 Jose, R., 46, 227 Joseph Ibn Zaddik, 136 Joseph, Morris, 116, 179, 405, 420, 453 f.,

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The Biblical verse, “They did eat, and the eyes of them both were opened,” is interpreted by Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai and Rabbi Akiba as “They saw the dire consequences of their sin upon all coming generations.”

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When Jerusalem was destroyed, Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai rebuilt a spiritual Jerusalem in the little town of Jabneh where the faithful ones sat at his feet and learned the Law.

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"You are thinking of Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai," answered his teacher, slowly.

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