Hillel the Elder
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− | '''Hillel Hazaken''' served as the Nasi of the Sanhedrin around 100 years before the destruction of the Second Temple. | + | '''Hillel Hazaken''' served as the Nasi of the Sanhedrin around 100 years before the destruction of the Second Temple. Shami served alongside him as Av Bais Din, together forming the final set of [[Zugot]]. Hillel was a student of [[Shmaya-the-Nasi|Shmaya]] and [[Avtalyon]]. His students formed the Bais Hillel school and included [[Yonasan Ben Uziel]], Shumel HaKaton and [[Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai]]. Hillel lived to the old age of 120. |
==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
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One Friday Hillel could not afford the entry fee into the Beit Medrash of Shmaya and Avtalyon. He climbed on the roof so he could listen to the lecture through the skylight, where he became so observed in the Torah that he did not realize he had become covered in snow. On Shabbos morning the dimmed lighting in the studyroom led to an investigation and they found Hillel covering the opening, almost frozen to death, covered by five feet of snow. They dug him out, and placed him near a newly created fire, Shmaya and Avtalyon that Hillel was worthy to have the Shabbos desecrated for. This incident led to the abolishment of the entry fee into the Beit Medrash. | One Friday Hillel could not afford the entry fee into the Beit Medrash of Shmaya and Avtalyon. He climbed on the roof so he could listen to the lecture through the skylight, where he became so observed in the Torah that he did not realize he had become covered in snow. On Shabbos morning the dimmed lighting in the studyroom led to an investigation and they found Hillel covering the opening, almost frozen to death, covered by five feet of snow. They dug him out, and placed him near a newly created fire, Shmaya and Avtalyon that Hillel was worthy to have the Shabbos desecrated for. This incident led to the abolishment of the entry fee into the Beit Medrash. | ||
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# Rebbe Yehuda Nessia III | # Rebbe Yehuda Nessia III | ||
# [[Hillel Nesiah]] | # [[Hillel Nesiah]] | ||
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==Kever Hillel HaZaken== | ==Kever Hillel HaZaken== |