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Hillels

Hillels is the plural of Hillel.

Meaning of Hillel

Proper noun

Hillel (plural Hillels)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend...2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2019
  2. A surname.
  3. (countable) A Jewish student organization at a college or university.

Questions about Hillels

What is Hillels the plural of?
Hillels is the plural of Hillel.

Words near Hillels in the dictionary

  1. Hillel
  2. Hillel sandwich
  3. Hillel sandwiches
  4. Hillelite
  5. Hillelites
  6. Hillels
  7. Hillen
  8. Hillenbrand
  9. Hillenbrands
  10. Hillenburg
  11. Hillenburgs

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