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<p>Shammai, which is why <a href="page.php?w=Rabbinical_Judaism">Rabbinical Judaism</a> has followed Hillel.</p>

<p>Shammai took an active part in the political and religious complications of his native land. Of a stern temperament, he cultivated the characteristic of firmness and strictness in law in contrast to the tireless patience which is said to have distinguished Hillel's approach. Once, when a gentile came to him and asked to be <a href="page.php?w=Conversion_to_Judaism">converted to Judaism</a> (or Noahide monotheism as H. Falk argues)</p><p>
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