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Who Are Hillel And Shammai?

January 24, 2024 by Amira Khan

Who Are Hillel And Shammai? The House of Hillel (Beit Hillel Was Shammai a Pharisee? Like Hillel, he was a member of the Pharisees, a scholarly religious party with popular backing (as opposed to the Sadducees, a group of priestly aristocrats). Shammai is best remembered for the school, Bet Shammai (“House of Shammai”), that he

What Is Maimonides Famous For?

January 24, 2024 by Amira Khan

What Is Maimonides Famous For? Moses Maimonides is regarded by many as the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages. He lived during the ‘Golden Age’ of Spain in the twelfth century where Jews and Christians lived in peace under Muslim rule. Maimonides was born in Cordoba, the centre of Jewish learning and Islamic culture.