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The Synod of Jamnia
The Synod of Jamnia (Yavneh), held toward the end of the 1st century AD, marks a major turning point in the history of Judaism. After the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, the rabbis gathered under the leadership of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai to reorganize Judaism, debate the Hebrew biblical canon and make crucial liturgical decisions, laying the foundations of rabbinic Judaism centered on the Torah, prayer and the synagogue.