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This page contains issues 1 to 307 inclusive and was last updated 18 March 2001
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17 Ma'ariv, Amidah
187 Ma'aser, Retroactive?
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257 Macabees, Strong, Skilled in War, or Not!
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217 Machievelli, Torah Perspective
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108 Mad Cow Disease & Kosher
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61 Magen David, Follow-up
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60 Magen David, Origins
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52 Magic, Halacha
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31 Magnets, Muktza
250 Magog and Gog, War of
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67 Mail, Reading someone else's
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25 Mail, Shabbat
177 Maimonides on Chanukah
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213 Make instead of Create in "Let Us 'Make' Man"
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219 Makom, Name of G-d
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222 Makom, Name of G-d, Numeric Approach; Reader Response
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231 Malachim (Angels), Names
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190 Man Lighting Shabbos Candles
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68 Man, Bracha in morning
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254 Man, Image of God
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276 Man, Why Was Made From Dirt
89 Marijuana, Judaism
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23 Marital Relations, When Forbidden
162 Mark on Cain
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165 Marriage - Successful vs. Keeping Mitzvot
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214 Marriage Between Step-Brother & Step-Sister
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180 Marriage Engagement Party
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108 Marriage, 2nd of one Parent, Attending
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111 Marriage, 2nd of one Parent, Attending, follow-up
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112 Marriage, 7-day Separation of Bride & Groom
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265 Marriage, Joint Ceremony with Rabbi & Priest
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207 Marriages, Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
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283 Marriagiable Age
266 Marrono - Modern Experience; Reader Comment
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263 Marrono, Term Meaning; Reader Comment
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191 Marrying Out of the Faith
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242 Mars, Which Direction to Pray
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270 Martial Arts
264 Martin Luther, Antisemetic
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301 Marvege, Rabbi Ya'akov
201 Masada, Suicide
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272 Mashiach, True & False
271 Masks on Purim
272 Masks on Purim; Reader Response
275 Matralineal Descent
8 Matrilineal Descent
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202 Matrilineal Descent
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188 Matzah Joke
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232 Matzah, 3, Afikoman from Middle
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126 Matzeiva, Only Hebrew Words?
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64 Mayim Achronim
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44 Mazel Tov, meaning
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241 McDonalds, Stock in
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274 Meah Shearim
121 Meat & Fish, Eating Together
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165 Meat Pot, Cooking Parve in it
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218 Meat, Kosher
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262 Meat, Kosher, Costs
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227 Meat, Waiting After Eating Hard Cheeses
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230 Meaty Bread
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275 Mechitzah
239 Mechutan With Same Name, Riddle, Answer
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238 Mechutan With Same Name, Riddle, Question
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189 Medicine on Shabbos
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181 Mediums, Permitted?
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306 Megiilas Esther, Haman's Decree for Genocide
184 Megillah, Spelling of Sasson
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228 Megillat Esther, Different Size Letters in Haman's Sons
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228 Megillat Esther, Making Noise When Haman's Name Is Read
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283 Melocha (Work) on Shabbat
198 Melodies for the Bible
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198 Melodies for the Psalms
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237 Mem & Noon, Riddle, Question & Answer
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207 Membership Fees for Synagogue
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235 Memorial Candle
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228 Memuchan, Name for Haman, Why Not Make Noise?
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143 Men & Women in Synagogue
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222 Men & Women Shaking Hands
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226 Men & Women Shaking Hands; Reader Response
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275 Men & Women, Seperation During Prayer
56 Men, Earrings
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58 Men, Earrings, Follow-up
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257 Menorah in Temple, Circular; Reader Comment
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173 Menorah in Temple, Number of Branches
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218 Menorah, 7 Branch
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258 Menorah, 7 Branches
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258 Menorah, Chanukah, Disposing
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218 Menorah, Chanukah, Maximum Height
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218 Menorah, Chanukah, Origins
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218 Menorah, Chanukah, Public
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218 Menorah, Chanukah, Shape
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173 Menorah, Electric
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45 Menorah, Polystyrene
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218 Menorah, Signifigance
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166 Mercedes Benz, Buying
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87 Messiah, Deadline for Arrival
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272 Messiah, True & False
136 Mezuza, "History"
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136 Mezuza, Text Facing Which Way?
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136 Mezuza, Using as an Amulet
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29 Mezuza, Words On Back
243 Mezuzah Laws & Frauds
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303 Mezuzah, Contents
170 Mezuzah, Kissing
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90 Mezuzah, Moving into a Home
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59 Mezuzah, Proper Placement
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150 Micha and "Being Good"
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231 Michael, Angel, Meaning of Name
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301 Miketz Not On Chanukah
302 Miketz, Haftara; Reader's Commentary
220 Mikvah, Disposible Pans
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95 Mikve, Using Snow
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200 Mikveh Erev Shabbos, How Many Times to Dip, Kavonos
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230 Milchig Bread
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33 Milk & Meat
234 Milk and Honey; Prefered Foods; Which Milk & Which Honey
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225 Milk Products, Kosher
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241 Milk, Identical Pots, Meat Falling In, Riddle, Answer
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240 Milk, Identical Pots, Meat Falling In, Riddle, Question
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259 Millenium (2000 CE)
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252 Minors, Contracts, Validity
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21 Minyan Computers
210 Minyan, Required for Kaddish
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12 Minyan, Virtual Reality
199 Minyan, Why Ten
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297 Miracles in the Bible, Believing
45 Miracles, why not now
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244 Miraculous Salvation, How to Show Gratitude to G-d
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82 Mirrors, Babies, Looking
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184 Mishloach Manot, Contents
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212 Mishna difference from Gemara or Talmud
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233 Mishnah, History, Origin
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43 Missionaries, Money and Making Calls
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262 Missionizing, Jews, Why Not?
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113 Mitzva, New York BEFORE Israel, Riddle Answer
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112 Mitzva, New York BEFORE Israel, Riddle Question
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116 Mitzvah to Eat Neveilah, Riddle Answer
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115 Mitzvah to Eat Neveilah, Riddle Question
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88 Mitzvah, Adding, Rabbinic
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60 Mitzvah, Lack of Intent, Riddle Answer
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59 Mitzvah, Lack of Intent, Riddle Question
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139 Mitzvah, Observe or Kill
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236 Mitzvah, Priority, One's Own Vs. Others'
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58 Mitzvah, Sitting or Lying Down , Riddle Answer
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57 Mitzvah, Sitting or Lying Down, Riddle Question
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98 Mitzvah, Wednesday or Thursday, Riddle Answer
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97 Mitzvah, Wednesday or Thursday, Riddle Question
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235 Mitzvos Observance Without Belief
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237 Mitzvos, Importance
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213 Mitzvos, Partial Observance
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165 Mitzvot - Keeping them vs. Peace with Spouse
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279 Mitzvot, Loss of Self Control
282 Mitzvot, Loss of Self Control; Reader Response
157 Mixture Meat & Dairy=Parve, Riddle Answer
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156 Mixture Meat & Dairy=Parve, Riddle Question
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234 Modern Technological Advances in Halachah
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239 Modesty & Nursing Baby
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241 Modesty & Nursing Baby; Reader Response
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76 Modesty, Sheitels
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248 Monetary Loss, Yarmulke
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250 Monetary Loss, Yarmulke; Reader Response
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47 Monopoly, playing on Shabbat
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23 Monthly Cycle, Women, Marital Relations
226 Months, Names, Origin, Language
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212 Moon Worship, Kiddush Levana is Not
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306 Mordechai Marrying Esther
228 Mordechai Not Bowing to Haman
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235 Mordechai Not Bowing to Haman; Reader Response
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235 Mordechai Not Bowing to Haman; Reader Response
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306 Mordechai, Perspective of Contemporaries
37 Mormon "Family History Libraries (tm)"
223 Morning, Washing Hands
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226 Moses, Humble, Knowing He Was Humble
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242 Moses, Literacy
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240 Moses, Rebelling Against
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195 Moshe Not Entering Israel
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196 Moshe Questioning G-d
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109 Moshe Seeing Chevron, Riddle Answer
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108 Moshe Seeing Chevron, Riddle Question
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114 Moshe, How Old?
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183 Moshe, Name
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147 Moshe, Not in Haggadah
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246 Moshe, Reincarnation
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116 Moshe, Why not Punished for Two-hand Bracha
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167 Moshe, Wrote Last Lines of Torah
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187 Mosquito, Why do we Need it?
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275 Mother Jewish
226 Mother Jewish, Father Gentile
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29 Mother's Milk, Kosher
221 Mother, King David
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148 Motion Detectors on Shabbat
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239 Mourning, Cremation
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162 Mourning, Non-Jew Attending
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50 Mourning, why?
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117 Moving Graves
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171 Mr. Spock & Star Trek
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167 Mt. Sinai, Names
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252 Mubarak, Name, Meaning
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31 Muktza, Magnets
190 Muktzeh, Credit Cards
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250 Murtle Leaves on Succot
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192 Music, During Omer for Pay
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209 Musical Instruments on Shabbos
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226 Mussar Movement
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226 Mussar, Meaning of Word
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270 Mysticism, Eastern
