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	Yochanan ben Zakkai
		Yochanan ben Zakkai was the youngest and most distinguished disciple of Rabbi Hillel.
		Ben Zakkai urged surrender, but the Zealots would not hear of it, so ben Zakkai faked his own death and had his disciples smuggle him out of Jerusalem in a coffin.
		The school ben Zakkai established at Yavneh became the center of Jewish learning for centuries and replaced Jerusalem as the seat of the Sanhedrin.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/ben_zakkai.html (241 words)

	The History of Jerusalem -- The Stairway to Heaven: The Destruction of the Second Temple
		The survival of Pharisaic or Rabbinic Judaism is attributed to Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai, the founder of the Yeshiva in Yavne.
		Yohanan's prophecy that Jerusalem may only be conquered by a king indicates that he has reconciled himself with the idea that it is God's will that the city should be destroyed.
		Yohanan Ben Zakkai's reconciliation with Roman Rule was not easily borne by all his followers.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/juice/2000/jerusalem/j3k-7.html (2441 words)

	Yohanan ben Zakkai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was an important sage in the era of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE re-established the Sanhedrin in Jamnia (Jabneh/Javneh) during a time of consolidation that in the modern scholarly discussion is often, but arguably mistakenly, referred to as "The Council of Jamnia".
		In the New Testament, John the Baptist (Yohanan) is the son of Zakkaraias.
		That is, John the Baptist would have been called in his day "Yohanan ben Zakkaraias" which is almost the same name.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Y/Yohanan-ben-Zakkai.htm (351 words)

	MRT special items (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yohanan ben Zakkai said that Jews should live by the spirit and not by the sword.
		The only way out was to fake being dead since it was against Jewish law for a body to stay in Jerusalem overnight, so Yohanan ben Zakkai hid himself in a coffin which some of his students then carried out of the city and into Vespasian's camp.
		Many traditions that we have today survived the destruction of the Temple thanks to Yohanan ben Zakkai, and it was here in Yavneh that the Jewish calendar was created and calculated.
	www.monmouth.com /~mrt/special/conf/2001jm2.html (451 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Valuing Debate
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai's approach was to make a substitution: instead of a fixed Holy Place in Jerusalem, Judaism would find a new center in the study of Jewish texts--"any place where the rabbinic court" was would be the new center.
		Indeed, the Mishnah's bland language--"Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai established"--may be a way of covering up the embarrassing breach of the rabbinic commitment to a life of dialogue.
		The editors of the Talmud were aware, apparently, that the heritage of a Judaism centered on Torah study, which Yohanan ben Zakkai worked to create, is not diminished by acknowledging the precipitous actions that the great sage took in order to establish it.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /texts/about_jewish_texts/Two_Jews_Three_Opinions/ValueDebate_280.htm (1373 words)

	Judaism Atonememt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai once was walking with his disciple Rabbi Joshua near Jerusalem after the destruction of the Temple.
		Neusner cites ben Zakkai's mention of the verse, "For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice" (Hosea 6:6) demonstrating that it "was consistent with the contemporary hermeneutics" of the leading rabbinical figures.
		It is possible that both Paul and ben Zakkai had studied together and had been co-workers at one time since they were both about the same age.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/judaism_atonememt.html (3638 words)

	Deuterocanonical Literature
		Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai declared, "the gospels and the books of the heretics do not defile the hands," which signified that they were to be regarded as ordinary, uninspired literature.
		Ben Zakkai went on to declare, "the writings of Ben Sira and whatever books have been written since his time do not defile the hands." His statement was decisive and became the normative view among Palestinian Jews.
		Sirach (or Ben Sira) was expressly excluded because of the belief that prophecy had ceased.
	www.friktech.com /rel/canon/deut.htm (604 words)

	April 8, 1999
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was a businessman for forty years, served the sages for forty years, and sustained Israel for forty years.
		Hillel the Elder and Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai were great leaders of the rabbinic era and each founded movements of their own.
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was the leader who founded the Academy at Yavneh, salvaging something of Jewish life from the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem (see B. Gittin 56a-b).
	www.maqom.com /apr8_99.htm (751 words)

	Yohanan ben Zakkai -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He is recorded as living until the age of 120 years.
		In this post-Temple period, rabbinic tradition records a restructuring in prayer services to make this transformation possible.
		However, Yohanan Ben Zakai was not the only Rabbi from that time period.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yo/yohanan_ben_zakkai.htm (105 words)

	Dawn R. Schuman Institute of the Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He (Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai) said to them: I prefer what Elazar ben Arach has said to what you have said, because in his words yours are included.
		He (Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai) said to them: I prefer what Rabbi Elazar ben Arach has said to what you have said, for in his words, yours are included.
		Why did Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai ask his students to "go and see" concerning the best and worst qualities of man? Some things, especially in regard to human nature, can be learned only by the experience of day to day involvement with others.
	www.dawnschuman.org /online_classes/mishnayot/layfer-mishna2-13~14.jsp (775 words)

	Lebanon In The Holy Scriptures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yohanan ben Zakkai, the last survivor of the Great Sanhedrin, who managed to escape the attack and siege of Jerusalem by Vespasian and Titus, reinterpreted two prophetic passages, Isaiah 10:34 and Zechariah 11:1 as referring to the catastrophe (Vermes 1958: 8).
		It is less relevant here that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai's quote of Isaiah 10:34 does not correspond exactly with the version of the verse of Isaiah as found in the present text of the Hebrew Bible.
		It may be part of ben Zakkai's reinterpretation, or a form of the verse as found in extra-biblical traditions.
	www.mari.org /JMS/january00/Lebanon_In_The_Holy_Scriptures.htm (8603 words)

	Eliezer II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That day Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai held a feast attended by all the notables of the city.
		Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai set his gaze upon R. Eliezer and said, "Begin your discourse." R. Eliezer at first refused to speak in front of his teacher.
		Then Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai stood up, kissed him on his head, and said, "Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, happy are you that such a son has issued from your loins." Hyrcanus asked, "To whom is he saying this?" When told, "To your son, Eliezer," he said, "Rabbi Yohanan should not have spoken thus.
	www.shavuot.org /journey_seven.htm (363 words)

	Dawn R. Schuman Institute of the Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai connived to escape, and, after rumors of his self-styled illness spread, he escaped, hidden in a coffin, as the dead were not allowed burial inside the gates of Jerusalem.
		Nathan notes that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was the least of Hillel's 80 students.
		It is as the daughter of the Emperor said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananyah: Alas, glorious wisdom in an ugly vessel.
	www.dawnschuman.org /online_classes/mishnayot/layfer-mishna2-9.jsp (998 words)

	A question for Fenris - Christian Message Board and Forums
		I was reading about the differences between the Pious (Hassidim) and the Sages--as represented by differences between men like Honi the Circle-Drawer and Simeon ben Setah, for example, or like between R. Hanina ben Dosa and Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai.
		Zakkai asking Hanina ben Dosa to pray for him, explaining that he himself could not pray, since he stood before the Blessed One as a dignitary, while R. Hanina stood before Him as His familiar servant (Bab.
		Ben Zakkai is higher ranking than R Hanina, so to speak, but because R Hanina is God's personal servant he sees God every day and Ben Zakkai does not.
	bibleforums.org /forum/showthread.php?p=560427#post560427 (526 words)

	Chapter 13: The Need for a New Testament - Part 2
		The four signs involving the Temple were interpreted by Yohanan ben Zakkai as being warnings that the Temple was to be destroyed.
		Yohanan ben Zakkai (and all the later rabbis for the next 400 years) maintained that these four signs in the Temple were given by God to denote the coming destruction of the Temple, not that the people had gone over to “Christianity” or some other reason.
		While the four signs commenced precisely with 30 C.E. when Jesus was crucified and resurrected from the dead, none of the signs was associated by Yohanan ben Zakkai or the later rabbis as “disapproval” from God because of the arrival of Christianity.
	www.askelm.com /restoring/res017.htm (3387 words)

	Yohanan ben Zakkai - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yohanan ben Zakkai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yohanan ben Zakkai - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yohanan ben Zakkai.
		Here you will find more informations about Yohanan ben Zakkai.
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	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Yohanan-ben-Zakkai.html (263 words)

	Torah Community Connections \| Mishna Yomit
		After the Temple was destroyed, Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai enacted that they should accept testimony about the New Moon the entire day.
		Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korha said, Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai also decreed that wherever the head of the Court might be, the witnesses should go only to the meeting place.
		This mishnah continues with the enactments of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, discussing in this mishnah the one concerning kiddush ha-hodesh.
	www.moreshet.net /oldsite/mishna/10-9-00/sunday.htm (1170 words)

	Heritage
		In this talmudic passage, the sage Yohanan ben Zakkai escapes from Jerusalem in the hope of reestablishing rabbinic leadership at Yavneh and somehow preserving Judaism in the wake of Jerusalem's certain destruction.
		Abba Sikara, the head of the rebels of Jerusalem, was the nephew of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai.
		[Vespasian] said to [Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai], "If there is a jug of honey and a serpent is coiled upon it, "do they not break the jug in order to kill the snake?" [Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai] was silent.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/heritage/episode2/documents/documents_17.html (801 words)

	Atonement: Questions and answers - Jews for Jesus
		In the midst of the crisis and chaos that followed the destruction of the Temple, Yohanan ben Zakkai (remember him, the father of "Rabbinic Judaism," who organized the schools at Yavneh?) offered a solution.
		Once as Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai was coming out of Jerusalem, Rabbi Joshua followed after him, and beheld the Temple in ruins.
		Yohanan taught that although there could no longer be sacrifices, there could be prayer and lovingkindness, chesed, and through them, the Jews might make atonement for their sins.
	www.jewsforjesus.org /answers/theology/atonementqna (2999 words)

	JewishGates.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai immediately dismounted from the ass, wrapped his cloak around himself, and sat down on a stone beneath an olive tree.
		As soon as R. Eleazar ben Arakh began his exposition of the Work of the Chariot, fire came down from heaven and lapped at all the trees in the field, which then burst into song.....
		Then Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai arose, kissed him on his head, and said: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, that has given to Abraham our father a son who knows how to speculate upon, to examine, and to expound the Work of the Chariot.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=673 (422 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are many stories in the Talmud about Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, famed for his power to heal.
		One day Yohanan ben Zakkai fell ill. He was visited by Rabbi Hanina, who, after speaking to the stricken sage, held out his hand, and Yohanan ben Zakkai stood up.
		``Why couldn't Yohanan ben Zakkai raise himself?'' the disciples asked, as he was known to be a great healer.
	www.s2k.org /Articles/Flam1/node2.html (561 words)

	Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Jewish Perspective of Jesus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"It is not the corpse that causes defilement nor the water that cleanses," Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai taught his disciples.
		Thus, one might argue that Rabbi Yohanan was less faithful to the spirit of the levitical system than were the Pharisees who did nothing to dispel defilement's mythos.
		But when the chips are down, Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai is not placed on death row for his demythologizing.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0LAL/is_2_34/ai_n6148038/pg_7 (1248 words)

	Parashat Hukkat
		But the Talmudic sage Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai adopts an entirely different approach, far removed from the allegorical.
		You sprinkle two or three drops on one of you who is contaminated with corpse defilement and say to him, You are clean.
		By your life, neither does the dead defile nor the water purify, but the Holy One blessed be He said: It is a statute I have laid down, a decree that I have decreed and you are not authorised to violate my decree.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/torani/NEHAMA/chukkat.html (980 words)

	Additional Reading (from Johanan ben Zakkai) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		Art, to Ben Shahn, was “one of the last remaining outposts of free speech.” He used art to express his social consciousness.
		Through the use of magic realism, Nigerian novelist and short-story writer Ben Okri conveyed the social and political chaos that plagued his country.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-3711?tocId=3711 (752 words)

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		Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai is telling his disciples that we are dealing here with a halakhic abstraction, which has no direct spiritual parall el ("it is not the dead that defiles nor the water that purifies"), and whose reason is unknown to us.
		There is one set of reasons that Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai rej ects, namely, magical reasons, according to which the mitzvot have curative powers that blend in with the spiritual laws of the universe.
		What stands out i n the aforementioned story is the fact that Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's disciples immediately understood that their master's response to the heathen had not been serious.
	www.vbm-torah.org /archive/philhalak/16bmhal.rtf (2603 words)

	The Conservative Congregation of the Krayot - Iyunei Shabbat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A prime example of this would be the ritual of the red heifer whose ashes are used in ceremonies of purification while those who prepare those ashes are rendered impure (Numbers 19:1-10).
		Ben Zakkai gave him an explanation in which he compared this ritual to the exorcizing of a spirit.
		Clearly Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakkai wants to make it clear that there is no magic involved in this ritual or any other rituals.
	www.wzo.org.il /bialik/kehila/Parshat/parshat_metzora_english.htm (1125 words)

	Eliezer I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When he came before Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, Eliezer sat down and wept.
		Light days he kept at it, without eating a thing, until the foul odor from his mouth attracted the attention of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, who asked, "Eliezer, my son, did you eat anything at ail today?" Silence.
		The students of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai reported to him that Eliezer had not eaten for eight days.
	www.shavuot.org /journeys_six.htm (269 words)

	Vayishlach - Sermon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai is hailed for his subtle diplomacy with the Romans that resulted in the creation of the first yeshivah, the academy of Yavneh.
		Yohanan ben Zakkai asserted that if the Jews had not engaged in militancy against the Roman Empire, the Temple of Jerusalem would not have been destroyed.
		We must weigh the voice of Yohanan ben Zakkai with more strident and assertive positions.
	www.shaareytefilla.org /sermons/5763/Vayishlach.htm (637 words)

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