Hillel

Hillel the Elder (c. 110 BC — AD 10) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar, born in Babylon under Parthian Empire and died in Jerusalem under Roman Judea. He was associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud in Judaism, and was the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim.

Wisdom & Quotes

• If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?

- Pirkei Avot 1:14

• That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it.

- Babylonian Talmud, tractate Shabbat 31a. See also the Ethic of Reciprocity or The Golden Rule

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