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who wagered with each other and said: Anyone who will go and aggravate Hillel to the point that he reprimands him, will take 400 zuz. One of them said: I will aggravate him. That day that he chose to bother Hillel was Friday, and Hillel was washing the hair on his head. He went and passed the entran
That man went and waited one hour, a short while, returned to look for Hillel, and said: Who here is Hillel, who here is Hillel? Again, Hillel wrapped himself and went out to greet him. Hillel said to him: My son, what do you seek? The man said to him: I have a question to ask. He said to him: A
Once again the man went, waited one hour, returned, and said: Who here is Hillel, who here is Hillel? Again, he, Hillel, wrapped himself and went out to greet him. He said to him: My son, what do you seek? He said to him: I have a question to ask. He said to him: Ask, my son, ask. The man asked:
That man said to him: I have many more questions to ask, but I am afraid lest you get angry. Hillel wrapped himself and sat before him, and he said to him: All of the questions that you have to ask, ask them. The man got angry and said to him: Are you Hillel whom they call the Nasi of Israel? He s
A baraita states: There was an incident involving one non-Jew who came before Shammai. The non-Jew said to Shammai: How many Torahs do you have? He said to him: Two, the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. The non-Jew said to him: With regard to the Written Torah, I believe you, but with regard to