כְּבֵית שַׁמַּאי

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Like the House of Shammai/ as the school of Shammai/ as the disciples of Shammai (severe in judgement)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

As the disciples of Shammai the Elder practiced in the law. In questioning: in a strict and strict manner. According to the strict law (according to tradition, Shammai the Elder stood at the head of a yeshiva during the time of the Second Temple, in which the strictest understanding of his world was practiced).

("The School of Shammai say: The heavens were created first and only afterward the earth, as it is stated (Genesis 1): 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' And the School of Hillel say: The earth was created first and only afterward the heavens, as it is stated (Genesis 2): 'On the day the LORD God made earth and heavens'" — Hagigah 12a; likewise: "We now rule the law neither according to the School of Shammai, that the heavens were created first, nor according to the School of Hillel, that the earth was created first, but according to the sages, that both were created together and with a single utterance" — Bialik, for the opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.)