Menahem the Essene

Menahem the Essene^[1] (Hebrew: מנחם) was a Jewish tanna sage living during the era of the Zugot (lit. "pairs"). As such, he was "paired" with Hillel the Elder and served as Av Beit Din. The Mishnah, states that he "went forth [out]", and as a result of that he was replaced by Shammai, who became from that point on the zug of Hillel the Elder.^[2] He was contemporary with Herod the Great.