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Hillel the Elder
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Jewish religious leader of the 1st century
Key facts
- Born
- Babylon , Parthian Empire
- Died
- c. 10 CE, Jerusalem , Roman Judea
- Buried
- Meron, Israel
- Children
- Simeon ben Hillel
- Religion
- Judaism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Tannaim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Parthian Empire
- Place of birth
- Babylon
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Child
- Simeon ben Hillel
- Occupation
- rabbi
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Student of
- Abtalion
- Image
- Knesset Menorah P5200009 Hilel.JPG
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- House of Hillel
- date of birth
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- date of death
- 0100-00-00
- Commons category
- Hillel the Elder
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- significant person
- Shammai the elder
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Encyclopedic overview
Hillel (Hebrew: הִלֵּל Hīllēl; variously called Hillel the Elder or Hillel the Babylonian; died c. 10 CE) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim. He was active during the end of the first century BCE and the beginning of the first century CE.
Hillel is popularly known as the author of three maxims:
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