Hillel the Elder
Jewish sage and teacher in Jerusalem, active at the end of the first century BCE and the beginning of the first century CE; founder of the House of Hillel, whose sayings the Mishnah and the Talmud record.
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Our reading
Do not do to others what is hateful to you: that is the whole law, and the rest is commentary
Their wordsWhat is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law. All the rest is a commentary to this law; go and learn it.