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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Palestinian rabbi who greatly influenced the interpretation of Judaic law.
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- noun Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law
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Both were described as gentle and loving teachers (although Jesus unlike HIllel, lehavdil, made some agressive statements) and, as is well known, the New Testament quotes a number of teachings of Hillel and only one (limitation of divorce to adultery) of Shammai.
avakesh 2009
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I called Hillel the next day and expressed by objection to how the service was performed.
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As the students in Hillel began to grow uneasy and the feeling of being safe was diminishing, York security was called in to try and help break up the crowd but as any student who has been to York knows, the campus security is severely limited on the force that they can use and they were unable to break up the crowd.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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According to certain commentators the name Hillel is spelled incorrectly in the document.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919
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One would think that MSA was the Muslim equivalent of Hillel, the international Jewish college group , which is famous for being a religious home away from home, creating holiday and Shabbos celebrations for Jewish Students (and in some cases they even create marriages-- friend of mine calls Hillel the intermarriage prevention group)
YID With LID Jeff Dunetz 2010
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Perhaps I should have gone with my 1st thought, along the lines Ricardo mentioned: my college’s Hillel is celebrating Israeli Independence Day and some students show up wearing [what they now seem to regard as] Palestinian scarves.
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Perhaps I should have gone with my 1st thought, along the lines Ricardo mentioned: my college’s Hillel is celebrating Israeli Independence Day and some students show up wearing [what they now seem to regard as] Palestinian scarves.
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Perhaps I should have gone with my 1st thought, along the lines Ricardo mentioned: my college’s Hillel is celebrating Israeli Independence Day and some students show up wearing [what they now seem to regard as] Palestinian scarves.
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So we started a program called the Hillel Foreign Student Program and he managed to bring a few and save their lives.
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There's this other quotation I liked from a guy called Hillel, who said Do not do unto others what you do not wish to be done unto yourself.
Wise Words from Moses Mendelssohn... Fathorse 2007
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