Rabbi Hillel is a mixed media by Cibeles Gonzalez which was uploaded on November 25th, 2012.
Rabbi Hillel
Rabbi Hillel was born to a wealthy family in Babylonia, but came to Jerusalem without the financial support of his family and supported himself as a... more
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Rabbi Hillel
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Cibeles Gonzalez
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Rabbi Hillel was born to a wealthy family in Babylonia, but came to Jerusalem without the financial support of his family and supported himself as a woodcutter. It is said that he lived in such great poverty that he was sometimes unable to pay the admission fee to study Torah, and because of him that fee was abolished. He was known for his kindness, his gentleness, and his concern for humanity.
Hillel lived to be 120 years old. At the age of forty Hillel went to Palestine; forty years he spent in study; and the last third of his life he passed as the spiritual head of Israel. He lived from 110 BCE, died 10 CE
Yeshua the Messiah was a teenager when Hillel died, and some of Yeshua's teachings show Hillel's influence. Yeshua would have certainly known about Hillel, and probably could have even met him, or at least seen him during one of his trips to Jerusalem.
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