Hillel the Elder

Jewish sage (c. 110 BCE – 10 CE)

Hillel (Hebrew: הִלֵּל Hīllēl; variously called Hillel the Elder or Hillel the Babylonian; died c. 10 CE) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim. He was active during the end of the first century BCE and the beginning of the first century CE. Hillel is popularly known as the author of three maxims: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?

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