Yavneh

Question 1

What happened after the destruction of the temple?

Answer 1

no longer a place to offer sacrifice or perform rituals, jews lost their political independence it was devastating

Question 2

Why was the pharisee way of life helpful during this time?

Answer 2

made it easier to restructure jewish religion after the destruction of the second temple

Question 3

New form of leadership is??

Answer 3

The Nasi

Question 4

What role did Yochanan ben Zakki play?

Answer 4

faked his death to be snuck out of jerusalem, saw vespasian and asked for yavneh and the rabbis which he granted him

Question 5

What did Yochanan ben Zakki implement?

Answer 5

instituted takkanot for how to follow jewish customs without the temple, hearing the shofar anywhere, shaking lulav anywhere, and no need for sacrifice

Question 6

key ideas about rabban gamliel…

Answer 6

took over in 96CE became the Nasi, worked to unify jewish community

accomplishemnts:

• making the calender
• establishing a seder
• travelling to rome to visit jewish communitites there