Although the rabbinic academy at Yavneh (25 miles [40 km] west of Jerusalem) was now the main center, other academies teaching the oral law began to spring up throughout Israel and even as far away as Babylon and Rome. However, this created a problem.
स्टाइनसॉल्ट्‌स बताता है: “जब तक सभी ज्ञानी एकसाथ थे और विद्वता का मुख्य कार्य [यरूशलेम में] पुरुषों के एक समूह द्वारा किया जा रहा था, तब तक परंपरा की एकरूपता सुरक्षित थी ।