Yabné or Yavné (in Hebrew: יבנה , in Arab: يبنة Yibnah ;) is a city of the center of Israel. Its population rose with 31.800 inhabitants in 2001, according to the central office of the statistics of Israel.

History

After the destruction of the second Temple of Jerusalem by the Romans in the year 70, Yohanan Ben Zakkaï obtained those that the Sanhédrin is moved in Yavné (that the Romans called Iamnia ). Several yeshivot developed in the city. One sees there the origin of the rabbinical Judaïsme.

The Crusaders built a castle with Yavné in 1141. The Seigneurie of Ibelin settled there, in the middle of the Royaume of Jerusalem before being conquered by Saladin in 1187.

Later, an Arab village called Yibna existed before 1948 and was emptied of its population during the first Israeli-Arab war. The modern Israeli city of Yavné was built near this site.

External bond

• Site of the city