Hillel the Elder

Quotes

• “דעלך סני לחברך לא תעביד. זו היא כל התורה כולה, ואידך פירושה הוא: זיל גמור”
• “Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.”
• “A name made great is a name destroyed. He who does not increase his knowledge decreases it.”
• “אם אין אני לי, מי לי? וכשאני לעצמי, מה אני? ואם לא עכשיו, אימתי?”
• “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”
• “One who increases flesh, increases worms; one who increases possessions, increases worry; one who increases wives, increases witchcraft; one who increases maidservants, increases promiscuity; one who increases man-servants, increases thievery; one who increases Torah, increases life; one who increases study, increases wisdom; one who increases counsel, increases understanding; one who increases charity, increases peace.”

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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

Image

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