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Hillel the Elder Quotes: If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am
         

If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am "I"? And if not now, when?


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This page presents the quote "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am &quot;I&quot;? And if not now, when?". Author of this quote is Hillel the Elder. This quote is about torah, rabbi, judaism,.