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17/07 Shimon haTzadik … would say
	He wondered who this man was and why, despite his family’s disinterest, he merited to have a Jewish burial. Had he done something extraordinary so that at the very last moment he was fortunate to be buried according to Torah law?
01/06 The holiday of Shavuos,
	The holiday of Shavuos, fast approaching, is described in several different ways in the Torah, but unlike any other special day in the Jewish calendar
16/05 Lag BaOmer - Monday, 18 Iyar 5766 (May 16, 2006)
	The minor holiday of Lag BaOmer - the 33rd day of the Omer period between the Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Pentecost) holiday - begins tonight
05/05 Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel's Independence Day
	Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel's Independence Day, has – for most of us at least - come and gone. [For most of us, except those whose "Outlook" calendar shows 2 days for this 'national birthday'!]
25/04 Monday, 26 Nisan 5766 (April 24, 2006)
	Normally, we submit to you - on average - a Daf a week. Since yesterday's modest contribution was more of the order of a response to the previous Daf
27/03 Sunday, 26 Adar 5766 (March 26, 2006)
	As we approach the difficult process of choosing a new Knesset to represent the Jewish People at home and abroad,
09/03 Friday, 10 Adar 5766 (March 10, 2006)
	When we started to prepare today’s Daf, the subject was going to be, “Who is Haman?” In an age where assimilation is growing day by day,
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