כְּבֵית הִלֵּל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Like the House of Hillel/ like School of Hillel

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Just as the disciples of Hillel the Elder were accustomed to being easy in law. In a question: in a relaxed, easy, or merciful manner in law (according to tradition, Hillel the Elder stood at the head of a yeshiva during the time of the Second Temple, in which he adopted a worldview that was easy to understand and that took into account the needs and limitations of the children of man).

("Havdalah... what were they disputing about? About the candle and about the spices: Beit Shammai say, first the candle and then the spices, while Beit Hillel say, spices and then the candle. And Rabbi Yohanan said: The people followed Beit Hillel according to Rabbi Judah"—Berakhot 52b; and likewise: "What do you have to do with the name!... Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel? Clarification of laws? A compendium? Responsa of the Geonim? A tractate on the persistence of the soul after the body returns to its dust?"—H. Hazaz, The First Generations, 109)