30. An heathen came to Shammai and asked him how many laws there were. He was told two, the written and the oral. He refused to accept the oral, for he had no faith in tradition. He went to Hillel and received the same reply. Hillel asked him to come the next day and he then taught him the Aleph-Beth. The next day be called Aleph, Beth and Beth, Aleph. The heathen said “Did you not say it was Beth yesterday?" Hillel replied “Why do you believe my tradition and not the Divine?"