SHAMMAI
Shammai’s school was a contemporary (and competitor) of that of Hillel. Most Rabbinic thought to this day has historically been based in the school of Hillel. Shammai was more strict and rigorous. There is no known surviving picture of Shammai. The graphic is a photograph of his tomb.
Torah is the first 5 books of the Old Testament. Shammai’s school was a contemporary (and competitor) of that of Hillel. Most Rabbinic thought to this day has historically been based in the school of Hillel. Shammai was more strict and rigorous. There is no known surviving picture of Shammai. The graphic is a photograph of his tomb.
Shammai (50 BCE – 30 CE, Hebrew: שַׁמַּאי) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah.
