Hillel
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n. A rabbi often quoted in Pirkei Avot and the Talmud, famous for his disputations with Shammai.
n. Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life; an organization for Jewish college life.
Example Sentences
"My parents are worried I won't have Jewish community when I go off to Notre Dame, but luckily there is a Hillel where I can meet other Jews."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
הלל
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
Hillel the Elder
Notes
See also Beis Hillel.
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