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Index
Cover
Jewish Encounters Series
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Part I - “While Standing on One Foot”: The Unique Teachings of Hillel
Chapter 1 - Hillel, the Most Ardent of Students
Chapter 2 - Hillel’s Rise to Leadership
Chapter 3 - “While Standing on One Foot”
Chapter 4 - Hillel and the Three Converts
Chapter 5 - Repairing the World
Chapter 6 - Five Traits
Part II - Hillel versus Shammai: The Talmud’s Most Famous Adversaries
Chapter 7 - Hillel the Interpreter, Shammai the Literalist
Chapter 8 - Thieves, Brides, and When Lying Is a Virtue
Chapter 9 - Issues Regarding Women
Chapter 10 - Shammai Beyond Stereotype
Chapter 11 - Two Torahs: Deciding Between Hillel and Shammai
Part III - Hillel and Jesus
Chapter 12 - The Jewish Sage and the Christian Messiah
Part IV - Lessons from the First Century for the Twenty-first Century—and Beyond
Chapter 13 - “Teach Everyone”: Outreach in the First Century
Chapter 14 - “The Highly Impatient Person Cannot Teach”: For Today’s Teachers and Parents
Chapter 15 - “One Who Is Bashful Will Never Learn”: Why It Is Essential to Question
Chapter 16 - “Do Not Say, ‘When I Have [Free] Time, I Will Study,’ Lest You Never Have [Free] Time”: The Eternal Challenge
Chapter 17 - “If I Am Not for Myself, Who Will Be for Me? And If I Am [Only] for Myself, What Am I?”: Passionate Moderation
Chapter 18 - Final Thoughts: Why We Need Hillel Now More Than Ever
Appendix 1: “He Who Does Not Increase, Will Decrease”: Additional Teachings of Hillel
Appendix 2: Hillel’s Seven Middot of Torah Interpretation
Appendix 3: Hillel’s Teachings in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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