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HILLEL II

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HILLEL II ., one of the patriarchs belonging to the See also:family of Hillel I., lived in See also:Tiberias about the See also:middle of the 4th See also:century, and introduced the arrangement of the See also:calendar through which the See also:Jews of the Diaspora became See also:independent of See also:Palestine in the See also:uniform fixation of the new moons and feasts. The See also:Rabbi HILLEL, who in the 4th century made the remarkable See also:declaration that See also:Israel need not expect a See also:Messiah, because the promise of a Messiah had already been fulfilled in the days of See also:King See also:Hezekiah (Babli, Sanhedrin, 99a), is probably Hillel, the son of See also:Samuel See also:ben Nahman, a well-known expounder of the scriptures. (W.

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