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

How this entity was disambiguated

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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Referenced by (15)

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