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'''Hillel''' is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name of several prominent historical men and modern organizations.
== People named "Hillel" ==
===Biblical===
* Hillel was the father of [[Abdon (Judges)|Abdon]], a minor character in the [[Book of Judges]].
* "Hellel Ben Shakhar" is mentioned in [[Isaiah 14:12-14]] means "son of dawn", a poetic epithet of the king of [[Babylon]]; see [[Lucifer]].
=== Talmudic ===
* '''[[Hillel the Elder]]''', also ''Hillel the Babylonian'' (end of first century BCE to beginning of first century CE). This Hillel is considered the greatest sage of the Second Temple period.
* [[Hillel II]] (330 – 365 CE) The son of [[Judah III]], grandson of [[Gamliel IV]]. ''Nasi'' of the Jewish community of his day.
* [[Hillel, son of Gamaliel III]] (third century CE) This Hillel was the son of [[Gamliel III]], grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah. His sayings are recorded in the Talmud, but he is usually only referred to as "Hillel"; this ambiguity has led to confusion over whether these statements were made by him or by Hillel the Elder.
=== Medieval ===
* [[Hillel ben Eliakim]] (12th century CE), Rabbi and talmudic scholar in Greece. He is sometimes cited as "Hillel of Greece" or "Hillel of Romania".
* [[Hillel ben Samuel]] (c. 1220 – c. 1295 CE), Rabbi, physician, and philosopher who lived in some cities of [[Italy]] and died in [[Forlì]]
* [[Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi]] (1615 – 1690), Lithuanian rabbi.
=== Modern ===
* [[Judah Loen Landau]], (1866 – 1942). Wrote under the pseudonym of ''[[Hillel ben Shakhar]]''. European born and educated South African rabbi, playwright, poet.
* [[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (1915 – 1975), was a 20th century [[machine translation]] researcher.
* [[Hillel Slovak]], original guitarist for the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[Shlomo Hillel]], former Israeli politician and [[Speaker of the Knesset]]
== Organizations named "Hillel" ==
* '''[[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life]]''' is a non-denominational Jewish college organization.
* [[Hillel Day School]], a private Jewish day school in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]]
== See also ==
* [[Hallel#Etymology|The etymology of the word "Hallel"]]
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