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Hillel: (d. 9 CE) Mishnaic sage, native of Babylon, student of Shemaiah and Abtalion, teacher of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Johanan ben Zakkai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin. He is well known for his statement, "What is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow man." His Torah academy was known as the “House of Hillel.”

	On One Foot By Shoshannah Brombacher "What is hateful to you," said Hillel, "do not do to your neighbor. That is the entire Torah..." Library » Stories » From the Sages » On One Foot
	Hillel Part 1 By Lazer Gurkow Click here for follow-along source sheet. Audio Classes » History » Sages of the Talmud » Hillel
	The Case of the Floating Skull Ethics 1:6 By Yosef Marcus Moses, Pharaoh, Hillel, Maimonides and the Lubavitcher Rebbe on cosmic justice, the temporality of evil, the significance of chance encounters and the redeemability of the malevolent spirit Library » Ethics of the Fathers » Chapter 1 » Insights » The Case of the Floating Skull
	Hillel's Paradox Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe "If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I?" The laws of the Passover Offering contain an important insight into the eternal question, conflict and symbiosis of self and community Jewish Holidays » Passover » The Seder » Seder Insights » Hillel's Paradox
	To Be or to Be Not Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Bereishit » Chassidic Masters » To Be or to Be Not
	Shamai and Hillel Kids » Story Time » Audio Stories » Shamai and Hillel
	The Compilation of the Oral Tradition By Nissan Dovid Dubov The sages of the Mishnah who transmitted and recorded the Oral Law. Audio Classes » History » Jewish History » The Compilation of the Oral Tradition
	Loan Amnesty The laws of Shemitah's loan cancellation, as well as an explanation of the pruzbul, the rabbinic institution designed to circumvent the absolution of debt. Jewish Holidays » Special Years » Shemitah » Loan Amnesty
	Are Jews Allowed to Steal? By Menachem Posner The predictable stereotypes involving Jews and money are popping up all over: that Jewish tradition allows dishonesty as long as people live otherwise pious lives. Nothing could be further from the truth... Society & Living » Issues » Are Jews Allowed to Steal?

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