The sixth Nasi of the Sanhedrin, he held that anyone should be allowed to study Torah.
He, like Moses, supposedly lived to the age of 120, and Yochanan ben Zakkai was said to be this man's youngest student. The sixth Nasi of the Sanhedrin, he held that anyone should be allowed to study Torah. An oft-repeated legend about this man states that, upon being asked to summarize the Torah while standing on one foot, he recited the Golden Rule. On Passover a "sandwich" named for this man is eaten. The most famous saying of this man in Pirkei Avot ends with the question "And if not now, when?" For 10 points, name this rival of Shammai who currently lends his name to a Jewish student organization present on most college campuses.
He, like Moses, supposedly lived to the age of 120, and Yochanan ben Zakkai was said to be this man's youngest student.
{Hillel} the Elder