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A special sandwich in memory of Hillel. Today we have no Pesach lamb offering, so we cannot eat Pesach Matza and Maror together. But, in Hillel's memory, we eat the two things we do have in the way he did. Some people think that this was the real invention of the sandwich! Hillel was one of the greatest teachers and scholars of the time of the Mishnah. He was born in Babylon to a family who was descended from King David. He came to the land of Israel to study, and eventually became the president of the Sanhedrin. His way of interpreting halakhah became the accepted way for all Jews. Hillel was known for his patience, his wisdom and his love of all humanity.