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After the Roman conquest, and especially after the Destruction, a lot changed. Without the Bayis (the Temple), the Tzadukim (Sadducees) fell out of power, and the revolts attempted against the Romans failed. A lot of Jewish law had only been relevant while the Beis Hamikdash (Temple) was standing; and after its destruction the Sanhedrin had to adapt both the law and the structure of the community to fit the changing times.
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, who had taken charge after the death of Hillel and was already a very old man, was one of the first to see this. He instituted several Rabbinical decrees, so that Judaism could survive beyond the Destruction. He instituted, for instance, that the witnesses for the new moon should only desecrate the Sabbath where there were festival-dates that needed to be fixed, rather than in all months, since there were now no more sacrifices to be brought.
He also instituted that they could blow the shofar on Shabbat even in Yavneh, the new base of the Sanhedrin. It was thanks to the intercession of Rabban Yochanan that the Romans had spared the town of Yavneh. He had bargained for this during the siege, along with the life of Rabbi Gamaliel's family (the family of the Nasi). That decision haunted him all his life. He was unsure whether he could have asked for more, and even gotten Yerushalayim (he had impressed Vespasian by knowing what his new rank would soon be even before Vespasian himself did); when he was dying, he told his students he was unsure if he would go to Gan Eden or Gehinnom.
That was a major factor in the endurance of the Prushi way of life (the main thing being commitment to the Oral Torah's laws) and the continuance of Judaism in its proper - or close to proper - form.
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In addition to gaining the safety of the town of Yavneh, the Torah-sages en masse spent many months after the Destruction, in redeeming captives, supporting the poor, and rebuilding the ravaged Jewish communities. They also spent a whole century in collating and finalizing the wording of the Mishna (Oral Torah).
In response to the earlier answer, I'd like to point out that it contains what I believe to be a mistake. There is no question that Rabban Yochanan was comfortable with his carefully-weighed decision not to press the Romans to spare Jerusalem. He knew the limits of their patience. Rather, it was a different, much later sage who called Rabban Yochanan's conduct into question (Talmud, Gittin 56b); but the Talmud explains what Rabban Yochanan's reasoning was, and he stuck by it. The quote concerning Rabban Yochanan on his deathbed is stated elsewhere in the Talmud (Berakhot 28b) in a completely different context and need have nothing to do specifically with his conduct in the Destruction.
For a list of Rabban Yochanan's halakhah-decrees, see Talmud and Rashi commentary, Rosh Hashanah 31b.
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∙ 11y agoAfter the Roman conquest, and especially after the Destruction, a lot changed. Without the Bayis (the Temple), the Tzadukim (Sadducees) fell out of power, and the revolts attempted against the Romans failed. A lot of Jewish law had only been relevant while the Beis Hamikdash (Temple) was standing; and after its destruction the Sanhedrin had to adapt both the law and the structure of the community to fit the changing times.
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, who had taken charge after the death of Hillel and was already a very old man, was one of the first to see this. He instituted several Rabbinical decrees, so that Judaism could survive beyond the Destruction. He instituted, for instance, that the witnesses for the new moon should only desecrate the Sabbath where there were festival-dates that needed to be fixed, rather than in all months, since there were now no more sacrifices to be brought.
He also instituted that they could blow the shofar on Shabbat even in Yavneh, the new base of the Sanhedrin. It was thanks to the intercession of Rabban Yochanan that the Romans had spared the town of Yavneh. He had bargained for this during the siege, along with the life of Rabbi Gamaliel's family (the family of the Nasi). That decision haunted him all his life. He was unsure whether he could have asked for more, and even gotten Yerushalayim (he had impressed Vespasian by knowing what his new rank would soon be even before Vespasian himself did); when he was dying, he told his students he was unsure if he would go to Gan Eden or Gehinnom.
That was a major factor in the endurance of the Prushi way of life (the main thing being commitment to the Oral Torah's laws) and the continuance of Judaism in its proper - or close to proper - form.
Answer:
In addition to gaining the safety of the town of Yavneh, the Torah-sages en masse spent many months after the Destruction, in redeeming captives, supporting the poor, and rebuilding the ravaged Jewish communities. They also spent a whole century in collating and finalizing the wording of the Mishna (Oral Torah).
In response to the earlier answer, I'd like to point out that it contains what I believe to be a mistake. There is no question that Rabban Yochanan was comfortable with his carefully-weighed decision not to press the Romans to spare Jerusalem. He knew the limits of their patience. Rather, it was a different, much later sage who called Rabban Yochanan's conduct into question (Talmud, Gittin 56b); but the Talmud explains what Rabban Yochanan's reasoning was, and he stuck by it. The quote concerning Rabban Yochanan on his deathbed is stated elsewhere in the Talmud (Berakhot 28b) in a completely different context and need have nothing to do specifically with his conduct in the Destruction.
For a list of Rabban Yochanan's halakhah-decrees, see Talmud and Rashi commentary, Rosh Hashanah 31b.
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