Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai
BEIT HILLEL AND BEIT SHAMMAI were two early Jewish schools of thought, or "houses" (beit, from Hebrew bayit, means "house of"), named after Hil...
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Shammai (active 1st century BC), called Hazaken, or Elder, was a Jewish sage. He founded the Bet Shammai, the "House of Shammai," which was the persistent opponent of the rival Bet Hillel, the "House ...
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Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai
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