Events Tagged: "Yavneh"

Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai escapes Jerusalem in coffin - Establishes academy at Yavneh, saves Judaism from destruction

Council of Jamnia begins - Rabbinic Judaism reorganizes without Temple, begins fixing Hebrew canon, Birkat ha-Minim added to prayers

Rabban Gamaliel II leads Yavneh academy - Consolidates rabbinic authority, adds Birkat ha-Minim against heretics/Christians