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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.”
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