Even before the temple was destroyed, Yohanan Ben Zakkai, a respected disciple of the Pharisaic leader Hillel, received permission from Vespasian (soon to be emperor) to move the spiritual center of Judaism and the Sanhedrin from Jerusalem to Yavneh.
विनाश ने धार्मिक जीवन के समस्त ढाँचे का पुनर्निर्माण करना एक अतिशीघ्र अत्यावश्‍यकता बना दिया था । ”