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Gamaliel I
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Gamaliel I

 or Rabban Gamaliel

(flourished 1st century) Early rabbinic figure and patriarch of the Jewish community of Israel. Grandson of the renowned Hillel, he became a respected scholar of the Torah and a member of the Sanhedrin. Known for his mastery of Jewish oral law, he was the first to be granted the title of rabban. He is mentioned in the New Testament as a teacher of St. Paul and a friend of the early Christians.



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Rabban Gamaliel decreed that they should not do this, for the betterment of the world.
It was this situation that Gamaliel was anxious to change, and to that end he placed it on the agenda of two successive annual synods that he convened at his academy in Yavneh: Shimon Ha-pakuli arranged eighteen blessings according to an appropriate order in the presence of Rabban Gamaliel at Yavneh.
Nuri, who ranked high in the inner circle of the patriarch Gamaliel II: "I call upon heaven and earth to testify for me that on more than four or five occasions I had Akiba publicly flogged, because I had brought accusation against him before Rabban Gamaliel.
 
 
 
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