Shammai & Hillel, Houses of

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Shammai & Hillel, Houses of : The Torah academies founded by Hillel and Shammai were known as the “Houses of Hillel and Shammai.” The Mishnah records 316 disagreements between the schools, with the House of Hillel generally taking the lenient view and the House of Shammai, the more stringent one. In all but 18 cases, the halachah is accordance with the House of Hillel.

There’s so much hypocrisy! Q&A

By Tzvi Freeman

Have you ever done any carpentry or one of those Ikea do-it-yourself jobs? They always tell you not to tighten the bolts until the whole thing’s been put together.

Learning & Values » Questions & Answers » Jewish Ethics & Morality

The difference of opinion between the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel regarding the kindling of Chanukah lamps Book

From correspondence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Eli Touger

The following letter was written to Rabbi Chayim Dovber Ginsburg, an active Rabbi in Vancouver, B.C. [Beginning of Shvat, 5703] In the margins of your last letter, you cited the statements of the tractate Sofrim (2:5) that the custom is to continue to ...

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The Reinvention of Man

By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)

Two thousand years after all the sages of Israel, both the pessimists and the optimists, agreed that man was a failed experiment, the Rebbe re-opened the question...

The Rebbe » Life » Reflections

Returning in the Right Direction

By Binyomin Adilman, based on Ner Yisrael

Chanuka teaches us to connect to G-d from a positive perspective.

Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Hanukah » Chasidic Masters

First Dispute Between Two Schools of Torah Thought 1st century CE Event

The schools of Shammai and Hillel for the very first time disagreed regarding a case of Jewish law. This occurred around the turn of the 1st century. In the ensuing generations, the schools argued regarding many different laws, until the law was ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Adar » Adar 9 » Jewish History

Tu B’Shevat: Potential vs. Actual Audio

By Moshe New

An in-depth analysis of the Talmudic discussion between the Schools of Hillel and Shamai relating to when is the New Year for Trees.

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Epistle 13 Book

The Tanya of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, elucidated by Rabbi Yosef Wineberg

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » The Tanya » Text of the Tanya » Lessons in Tanya » Iggeret HaKodesh

12th day of Elul Igeret HaKodesh, Epistle 13 - Part 1

By Manis Friedman

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » The Tanya » Text-Based Learning » Audio » Tanya - Regular Year » Elul

13th day of Elul Igeret HaKodesh, Epistle 13 - Part 2