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"If I am not for myself"

Posted by R. Berg on April 05, 2002

In Reply to: "If not me., then who: if not now, then when?" posted by Paul Curry on April 04, 2002

: : Can anyone identify the origin of, "If not me, then who: if not now, then when?" Thanks.

A saying of Rabbi Hillel: "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"

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