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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.

	Tu B’Shevat: Potential vs. Actual 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. Audio Classes » Holidays » Tu B'Shevat » Tu B’Shevat: Potential vs. Actual
	First Dispute Between Two Schools of Torah Thought 1st century CE 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 Calendar » Jewish Calendar » Adar » Adar 9 » Jewish History » First Dispute Between Two Schools of Torah Thought
	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 » The Reinvention of Man
	The difference of opinion between the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel regarding the kindling of Chanukah lamps 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 ... Spirituality » Contemporary Works » I Will Write It In Their Hearts » The difference of opinion between the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel regarding the kindling of Chanukah lamps
	There’s so much hypocrisy! 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. Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Ethics & Religion » There’s so much hypocrisy!

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