Hillel the Elder
Hillel the Elder · Historical & Religious Figures
Foundational Talmudic sage; taught 'what is hateful to you, do not do to another'
c. 110 BCE, Babylon — c. 10 CE, Jerusalem, Judaea
Babylon · Jerusalem
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Hillel the Elder was one of the most important Jewish sages of the Second Temple period and a founder of the rabbinic tradition, presiding over the school known as the House of Hillel. Asked to summarize the Torah, he famously replied, 'What is hateful to you, do not do to another; that is the whole Torah.' He was Jewish, and his teachings shaped later Jewish law and ethics for centuries.
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Source: Talmud
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Foundational Talmudic sage; taught 'what is hateful to you, do not do to another'
Source: Talmud
