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Hillel and Rabbi Akiva
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Hillel Prince of the Torah
July 18, 2018 · 42 min · Episode page →
In this episode Rav Mike discusses the persona of HiIlel the Elder. Hillel was named Nasi, prince, at the same time as Herod was king. In addition, Jesus...
About this playlist
The two great sages on either side of the destruction: Hillel, prince of the Torah in the last generations of the Temple, and Rabbi Akiva, who rebuilt Torah after it and placed his hopes in Bar Kokhba.
Where this sits in the story
2 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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