Hillel

Author : Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742565876

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The Life and Teachings of Hillel by Yitzhak Buxbaum Pdf

The Life and Teachings of Hillel provides the most comprehensive treatment ever published of one of the greatest figures in Jewish tradition. Yitzhak Buxbaum weaves together the various stories about Hillel along with his teachings and sayings to develop this ground-breaking portrait, shedding new light on Hillel's illustrious career, fascinating life, and profound teachings. Hillel is one of the most important and popular of the talmudic sages, yet he is mostly known only in the context of two or three popular stories told about him. Such stories as teaching the 'Golden Rule' of Torah 'while standing on one foot,' and his saying, 'If I am not for myself, who will be for me, and if I am for myself alone, who am I,' have eclipsed a more complete view of Hillel's influence and significance. In the rabbinic tradition, there is much debate between the teachings of the school of Hillel and that of his contemporary, Shammai. Hillel is often seen as the more tolerant, softer teacher, with his teachings representing what we consider 'normative' Judaism. Often, the traditions passed down to modern times are a result of the rabbis' reconciliation of the two schools, so that Hillel's pure teachings have been lost. The Life and Teachings of Hillel separates out Hillel's teachings and looks at them independently of Shammai's. Studied on their own, it becomes evident that Hillel was actually much more radical and 'hasidic' than is commonly thought. While he is known for representing the gentler, more loving side of Judaism, in this work his pious radicalism is also apparent. Readers will be charmed and fascinated by Hillel's fiery gentleness. The Life and Teachings of Hillel offers new information about a radiant religious figure, and it also recovers a side of Jewish tradition that has been lost to most people.

Author : Joseph Telushkin
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780805242898

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Hillel by Joseph Telushkin Pdf

Part of the Jewish Encounter series “What is hateful unto you, do not do unto your neighbor. That is the whole Torah, all the rest is commentary. Now, go and study.” This is the most famous teaching of Hillel, one of the greatest rabbis of the Talmudic era. What makes it so extraordinary is that it was offered to a gentile seeking conversion. Joseph Telushkin feels that this Talmudic story has great relevance for us today. At a time when religiosity is equated with ritual observance alone, when few Jews seem concerned with bringing Jewish teachings into the world, and when more than 40 percent of Jews intermarry, Judaism is in need of more of the openness that Hillel possessed two thousand years ago. Hillel’s teachings, stories, and legal rulings can be found throughout the Talmud; many of them share his emphasis on ethical and moral living as an essential element in Jewish religious practice, including his citing the concept of tikkun olam (repairing the world) as a basis for modifying Jewish law. Perhaps the most prominent rabbi and teacher in the Land of Israel during the reign of Herod, Hillel may well have influenced Jesus, his junior by several decades. In a provocative analysis of both Judaism and Christianity, Telushkin reveals why Hillel’s teachings about ethics as God’s central demand and his willingness to encourage the process of conversion began to be ignored in favor of the stricter and less inclusive teachings of his rabbinic adversary, Shammai. Here is a bold new look at an iconic religious leader.

Author : Hillel Cohen
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611688122

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Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 by Hillel Cohen Pdf

In late summer 1929, a countrywide outbreak of Arab-Jewish-British violence transformed the political landscape of Palestine forever. In contrast with those who point to the wars of 1948 and 1967, historian Hillel Cohen marks these bloody events as year zero of the Arab-Israeli conflict that persists today. The murderous violence inflicted on Jews caused a fractious - and now traumatized - community of Zionists, non-Zionists, Ashkenazim, and Mizrachim to coalesce around a unified national consciousness arrayed against an implacable Arab enemy. While the Jews unified, Arabs came to grasp the national essence of the conflict, realizing that Jews of all stripes viewed the land as belonging to the Jewish people. Through memory and historiography, in a manner both associative and highly calculated, Cohen traces the horrific events of August 23 to September 1 in painstaking detail. He extends his geographic and chronological reach and uses a non-linear reconstruction of events to call for a thorough reconsideration of cause and effect. Sifting through Arab and Hebrew sources - many rarely, if ever, examined before - Cohen reflects on the attitudes and perceptions of Jews and Arabs who experienced the events and, most significantly, on the memories they bequeathed to later generations. The result is a multifaceted and revealing examination of a formative series of episodes that will intrigue historians, political scientists, and others interested in understanding the essence - and the very beginning - of what has been an intractable conflict.

Author : Daniel Hillel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520080807

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Out of the Earth by Daniel Hillel Pdf

A moving tribute to the physical and spiritual properties of nature's richestelement by one of the world's leading soil conservationists.

Author : Ofer Shiff
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815652809

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The Downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the Foundation of Israel by Ofer Shiff Pdf

In early February 1949, American Jewry’s most popular and powerful leader, Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), had summarily resigned from all his official positions within the Zionist movement and had left New York for Cleveland, returning to his post as a Reform rabbi. During the second half of the 1940s, Silver was the most outspoken proponent of the founding of a sovereign Jewish state. He was the most instrumental American Jewish leader in the political struggle that led to the foundation of the State of Israel. Paradoxically, this historic victory also heralded Silver’s personal defeat. Soon after Israel’s declaration of independence, Silver and many of his American Zionist colleagues were relegated to the sidelines of the Zionist movement. Almost overnight, the influential leader—one who had been admired and feared by supporters and opponents—was stripped of his power within both the Zionist and the American Jewish arenas. Shiff’s book discerns the various aspects of the striking turnabout in Silver’s political fate, describing the personal tragic story of a leader who was defeated by his own victory and the much broader intra-Zionist battle that erupted in full force immediately after the founding of Israel. Drawing extensively on Silver’s own archival material, Shiff presents an enlightening portrait of a critical episode in Jewish history. This book is highly relevant for anyone who attempts to understand the complex homeland–diaspora relations between Israel and American Jewry.

Author : Hillel Halkin
Publisher : Jewish Encounters
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780805242065

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Yehuda Halevi by Hillel Halkin Pdf

A profile of the Zionist poet and philosopher offers insight into his representation of 11th- and 12th-century Andalusian Spain, analyzes the religious disciplines that informed his work and traces his fateful voyage to Palestine.

Author : Shlomo Hillel
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012977883

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Operation Babylon by Shlomo Hillel Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Jewish college students
ISBN : UOM:39015040262555

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The Hillel Guide to Jewish Life on Campus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Universalism
ISBN : WISC:89092878289

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The Ladies' Repository by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Green
Publisher : Classics of Western Spirituali
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809106035

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Hasidic Spirituality for a New Era by Arthur Green Pdf

A preeminent scholar of Jewish thought and spirituality presents the first-ever English translation of selected writings of the Hasidic martyr of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hillel Zeitlin (1871-1942).

Author : Louis Rieser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133014253

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The Hillel Narratives by Louis Rieser Pdf

The story of Hillel, frozen near-to-death on the snowy roof of the Study Hall, is well-known. In its details, however, the story is impossible. No one could lay under three cubits of snow overnight and live. And Jerusalem never receives three cubits of snow-certainly not on the night of the winter solstice, as recounted in the Babylonian Talmud five centuries after Hillel's birth. Louis Rieser set out to find the real meaning of the legends of Hillel. What is the Talmud trying to teach us about rabbis, about leadership, about important values? This provocative book argues that while the famous legends of Hillel may have nothing to teach about Hillel's actual biography, they have a great deal to teach us about Judaism. "A fresh and engaging reading of the Rabbinic biography. Louis Rieser has reopened the Rabbinic stories and made them interesting again." -Jacob Neusner

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Jews
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065774022

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The New Era by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015070316057

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New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud: Tract Sabbath by Michael Levi Rodkinson Pdf

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Talmud
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud: Tract Sabbath. c1896 by Michael Levi Rodkinson Pdf

Author : Michael Levi Rodkinson,Isaac Mayer Wise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Talmud
ISBN : BML:37001104129684

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New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, English Translation by Michael Levi Rodkinson,Isaac Mayer Wise Pdf