Asked by Makayla

Who assumed a larger role and responsibility in the Jewish community after the Romans destroyed the temple?

Levites
rabbis
Pharisees
Sadducees

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Rabbis.

After the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE the priestly, Temple-centered groups (like the Sadducees) lost power. Pharisaic traditions evolved into rabbinic leadership, and rabbis took on religious, legal, and communal authority—shaping synagogue-based, Rabbinic Judaism (Mishnah/Talmud).