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SHAMMAI

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 799 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHAMMAI , a Jewish See also:

scribe of the See also:time of See also:King See also:Herod, whom tradition almost invariably couples with See also:Hillel (q.v.), with whom he stood in striking contrast, not merely in legal-religious decisions and discussions, but also in See also:character and temperament. His See also:motto (Aboth i. 15) reads: "Make thy study of the Thora a firmly established See also:duty; say little and do much; and receive every See also:man with friendly countenance." The last admonition is characteristic, as Shammai was choleric and brusque. The opposition between Shammai and Hillel was perpetuated by their respective See also:schools, till, under See also:Gamaliel II., the strife was decided at Jabneh in favour of the school of Hillel. (W.

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