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Late 1st century CE chief dayan (religious judge) in Jerusalem Admon ( , or as cited in one of the Baraitas as: אדמון בן גדאי , "Admon ben Gaddai" ) was an Tanna , and chief dayan (religious judge) on the three police-court judges in Jerusalem during the latter end of the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the times preceding the fall of Jerusalem, and during the times of the end of the era of the Zugot sages and the beginning of the era of the Tannaim . The Mishnah cites seven religious controversies he had with other Jewish sages. One of the Baraitas cites his full name: "Admon ben Gaddai" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Admon ( , or as cited in one of the Baraitas as: אדמון בן גדאי , "Admon ben Gaddai" ) was a Jewish Tanna sage, and chief dayan (religious judge) on the three police-court judges in Jerusalem during the latter end of the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the times preceding the fall of Jerusalem, and during the times of the end of the era of the Zugot sages and the begging of the era of the Tannaim . The Mishnah cites seven religious controversies he had with other Jewish sages. One of the Baraitas cites his full name: "Admon ben Gaddai" .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Admon ( , or as cited in one of the Baraitas as: אדמון בן גדאי , "Admon ben Gaddai" ) was a Jewish Tanna sage, and chief dayan (religious judge) on the three police-court judges in Jerusalem during the latter end of the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the times preceding the fall of Jerusalem, and during the times of the end of the era of the Zugot sages and the beginning of the era of the Tannaim . The Mishnah cites seven religious controversies he had with other Jewish sages. One of the Baraitas cites his full name: "Admon ben Gaddai" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Admon ( , or as cited in one of the Baraitas as: אדמון בן גדאי , "Admon ben Gaddai" ) was an Tanna , and chief dayan (religious judge) on the three police-court judges in Jerusalem during the latter end of the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the times preceding the fall of Jerusalem, and during the times of the end of the era of the Zugot sages and the beginning of the era of the Tannaim . The Mishnah cites seven religious controversies he had with other Jewish sages. One of the Baraitas cites his full name: "Admon ben Gaddai" .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Late 1st century CE chief dayan (religious judge) in Jerusalem Admon ( Hebrew : אדמון , or as cited in one of the Baraitas as: אדמון בן גדאי , "Admon ben Gaddai" ) was an Tanna , and chief dayan (religious judge) on the three police-court judges in Jerusalem during the latter end of the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the times preceding the fall of Jerusalem, and during the times of the end of the era of the Zugot sages and the beginning of the era of the Tannaim . The Mishnah cites seven religious controversies he had with other Jewish sages. One of the Baraitas cites his full name: "Admon ben Gaddai" .
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jewish tanna sage
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tanna
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