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Hillel II
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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II., one of the patriarchs belonging to the family of Hillel I., lived in Tiberias about the middle of the 4th century, and introduced the arrangement of the calendar through which the Jews of the Diaspora became independent of Palestine in the uniform fixation of the new moons and feasts.
The Rabbi HILLEL, who in the 4th century made the remarkable declaration that Israel need not expect a Messiah, because the promise of a Messiah had already been fulfilled in the days of King Hezekiah (Babli, Sanhedrin, 99a), is probably Hillel, the son of Samuel ben Nahman, a well-known expounder of the scriptures. (W. BA.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hillel II'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/hillel-ii.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hillel II'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/hillel-ii.html. 1910.
