Shabbos 30b
Hillel Bet
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A person should always be patient like Hillel
and not impatient like Shammai.
There was an incident involving two people:
who wagered with each other:
and not impatient like Shammai.
There was an incident involving two people:
who wagered with each other:
| Guy 1 | Anyone who will go and aggravate Hillel
to the point that he reprimands him, will take 400 zuz. |
| Guy 2 | I will aggravate him. |
| That day that he chose to bother Hillel was Shabbat eve, and
Hillel was washing the hair on his head. He went and passed the entrance to Hillel’s house and in a demeaning manner said: |
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| Guy: | Who here is Hillel, who here is Hillel? |
| Hillel wrapped himself in a dignified garment and went out to greet him. | |
| Hillel | My son, what do you seek? |
| Guy | I have a question to ask. |
| Hillel | Ask, my son, ask. |
| Guy | Why are the heads of Babylonians oval?
(He was alluding to and attempting to insult Hillel, who was Babylonian.) |
| Hillel | My son, you have asked a significant question.
The reason is because they do not have clever midwives. (They do not know how to shape the child’s head at birth.) |