Hillel the Elder

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Hillel the Elder was a renowned 1st-century BCE–1st-century CE Jewish sage and religious leader whose teachings and interpretations of Jewish law profoundly shaped Rabbinic Judaism.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hillel the Elder canonical 11
Hillel 2
Hillel and Shammai 1

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish sage
Tanna
halakhic authority
moral philosopher
rabbi
religious leader
activePeriod 1st century BCE
1st century CE
countryOfCitizenship Judea
era Second Temple period
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish ethics
biblical exegesis
founded House of Hillel
hasAphorism And if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?
Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place.
Do not separate yourself from the community.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.
Say not, ‘When I have leisure I will study’; perhaps you will not have leisure.
The more Torah, the more life.
The more Torah, the more life; the more sitting in study, the more wisdom.
The more charity, the more peace.
The more flesh, the more worms.
The more maidservants, the more lewdness.
The more manservants, the more theft.
The more possessions, the more worry.
The more wives, the more witchcraft.
What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow; this is the whole Torah, the rest is commentary; go and learn it.
hasStudent Gamaliel the Elder
linked to: Gamaliel I

Johanan ben Zakkai
influenced Jewish ethical thought
Rabbinic Judaism
Talmudic sages
knownFor development of the seven rules of biblical interpretation
disputes with Shammai
lenient halakhic rulings
teaching known as the Golden Rule in Jewish form
languageOfWork Aramaic
Hebrew
legalInnovation prosbull
seven hermeneutic rules
mentionedIn Mishnah
Talmud
movement Pharisaic tradition
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
notableFor ethical teachings
foundational influence on Rabbinic Judaism
interpretations of Jewish law
occupation legal scholar
teacher
opposedBy House of Shammai
placeOfActivity Jerusalem
placeOfBirth Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
positionHeld Nasi of the Sanhedrin
relative Gamaliel the Elder
linked to: Gamaliel I
religion Judaism
traditionallyBuriedAt Jerusalem region
viewOnLaw favored lenient interpretations over strict ones

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nasi (prince) of Israel positionHeldBy Hillel the Elder
Zugot hasMemberPair Hillel and Shammai
linked to: Hillel the Elder
Golem hasCharacter Hillel
linked to: Hillel the Elder
Seven Rules of Hillel namedAfter Hillel the Elder
Rabban Gamaliel II follows Hillel the Elder
Rabban Gamaliel II descendantOf Hillel the Elder
House of Hillel namedAfter Hillel the Elder
House of Hillel foundedBy Hillel the Elder
House of Hillel hasNotableMember Hillel the Elder
House of Hillel lineageFrom Hillel the Elder
Shemitah pruzbulIntroducedBy Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot containsSayingOf Hillel
linked to: Hillel the Elder
Nasi of the Sanhedrin heldBy Hillel the Elder
Nasi dynasty tradition traces origin to Hillel the Elder
linked to: Hillel the Elder