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Encyclopedia > Rebbi Yehoshua

Rebbi Yehoshua was a Jewish rabbi of the 2nd century. He was a contributor to the early Oral Torah, mainly the Mishnah and the midrash halakha. Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi... // Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... When Moses received all of the laws that would define the Jewish tradition, he also received the explanation of these laws. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...


Views on sin

The Midrash Avot de Rabbi Natan, states: Midrash (pl. ...

One time, when Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai was walking in Jerusalem with Rebbi Yehoshua, they arrived at where the Temple in Jerusalem now stood in ruins. "Woe to us" cried Rabbi Yehoshua, "for this house where atonement was made for Israel's sins now lies in ruins!" Answered Rabban Yochanan, "We have another, equally important source of atonement, the practice of gemilut hasadim (loving kindness), as it is stated 'I desire loving kindness and not sacrifice'".

Yochanan Ben Zakkai was a Talmudic Rabbi, living at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Categories: People stubs ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ... The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash בית המקדש in Hebrew) was built in ancient Jerusalem and was the center of Israelite and Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. ... Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. ...

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