Tag: Hillel and Shammai

  • Judaism is Open-Minded and Pluralistic

    Judaism is Open-Minded and Pluralistic

    Mark

    There is a famous Talmudic story that I believe does not get enough attention, as it exemplifies Judaism’s liberal (old, classic sense) character. It recounts (b. Eruv. 13b) that there was a three-year halakhic (legal) dispute between the academies of Hillel and Shammai, two great sages who emerged in the immediate aftermath of the Second Read more