April Fool’s Day Masoretes: 5th-10th c Jewish Scribes. Masorah means “Tradition”; the tradition of “Fixing” texts such as altering JEHOVAH to YHWH. Yohanan ben Zakkai was the first to wrote about Rabbinic Judaism in the Mishnah “tradition”; the Tannaim were rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah from approximately 10–220 CE., finally resulting … Continue reading April Fools Day