רבן יוחנן בן זכאי

Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai
Tannaim · c. 10-220 CE

רבן יוחנן בן זכאי היה מגדולי התנאים בתקופה שסביב חורבן בית שני. היה תלמידו של הלל הזקן, וכמו רבו, היה איש שלום הסולד ממלחמה.

Yohanan ben Zakkai, sometimes abbreviated as ריב״ז‎ ribaz for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was a tanna, an important Jewish sage during the late Second Temple period during the transformative post-destruction era. He was a primary contributor to the core text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Mishnah. His name is often preceded by the honorific title Rabban. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Jewish figures of his time, and his escape from the Roman destruction of Jerusalem may have been instrumental in Rabbinic Judaism's survival post-Temple. His tomb is located in Tiberias within the Maimonides burial compound.

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Mishnah מִשְׁנָה

Talmud Bavli תַּלְמוּד בַּבְלִי

Mishneh Torah מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה

Midrash Rabbah מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה

Midrash Tanchuma מִדְרָשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא

Tur טוּר

Mesillat Yesharim מְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים

Orchot Tzadikim אׇרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים

Pele Yoetz פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ

Kuzari הַכּוּזָרִי

Akeidat Yitzchak עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק

Rashi on the Torah רַשִׁ״י

Ramban on the Torah רַמְבַּ״ן

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

Reasoning · Bava Metzia

Why Rabbi Yochanan Holds the Finder Keeps It

A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…

Reasoning 3 min