שַׁמַּיי

שַׁמַּאי, שַׁמַּי, שַׁמַּייpr. n. m. Shammai (abbrev. of שמעיה), 1) ש׳ (הוקן) Sh., the colleague of Hillel in the Sanhedrin under king Herod. Ḥag.II, 2. B. Bath. 133b; Y.Ned.V, end, 39b. Succ.II, 8, a. e.) ש׳ הזקן. Eduy. I, 1 sq. (differences between Sh. and Hillel). Ib. 4; a. v. fr.בֵּית שַׁ׳ (abbrev. ב״ש) the school of Sh., the disciples of Sh. Ib. 7. Bets.I, 1; a. v. fr. 2) name of an Amora. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot.; a. fr. V. Fr. Mbo, p. 124b>.