Hillel ben Eliakim, known in Hebrew

Hebrew language

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 to Talmud

Talmud

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 scholars as Rabbeinu Hillel, ("Our Rabbi Hillel"), was a Greek

Greece

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 rabbi

Rabbi

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 and Talmud

Talmud

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 scholar. He lived during the 11th century and 12th century.

He was a pupil of Rashi

Rashi

Shlomo Yitzhaki , or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi , was a medieval French rabbi famed as the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, as well as a comprehensive commentary on the Tanakh...

, and is mentioned by Mordecai ben Hillel.

Hillel wrote a commentary to Midrash

Midrash

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Sifra in which he often quotes Rashi and Isaac ben Melchizedek; he also wrote a commentary to Midrash Sifre.