Beth Hillel

American  

[bet hee-lel] / ˈbɛt hiˈlɛl /

noun

Hebrew.

1. the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish spiritual leader Hillel and characterized by its systematic use of interpretive principles and a certain flexibility in interpreting the oral and written law.

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Etymology

Origin of Beth Hillel

bēth Hillēl literally, house of Hillel

Example Sentences

Will Sens, for instance, told The Times that he disrupted the forum at Temple Beth Hillel because he’s mad at the candidates for supporting for the city’s anti-encampment ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022

The forum, held at Temple Beth Hillel in Valley Village, had been going for about half an hour when one audience member interrupted Rep. Karen Bass, shouting at the candidates and calling them liars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2022

“People are still reeling from last summer,” Rabbi Dena Feingold of Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha said after the vigil.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

He is the son of Ms. Feingold and Bradden C. Backer of Kenosha, Wis. The groom’s mother is the rabbi at Beth Hillel Temple there.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2019