Eric, Thank you for an articulate and insightful take on how the houses of Hillel and Shammai worked together (and also married one another!). Sh’ma Now has just released an issue on machlochet l’shem shamayim with several articles deepening this conversation. As well, our simulated Talmud page, NiSh’ma, offers three conceptual understandings of how Hillel and Shammai learned to argue for the sake of heaven. Please visit http://forward.com/shma-now/ for more.
Eric, Thank you for an articulate and insightful take on how the houses of Hillel and Shammai worked together (and also married one another!). Sh’ma Now has just released an issue on machlochet l’shem shamayim with several articles deepening this conversation. As well, our simulated Talmud page, NiSh’ma, offers three conceptual understandings of how Hillel and Shammai learned to argue for the sake of heaven. Please visit http://forward.com/shma-now/ for more.