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New Book Announcement - Seder Olam by Prof. Chaim Milikowsky
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R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and the Army, and Joe DiMaggio
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Soloveitchick’s Act of Selfless Heroism, 1785
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R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin, Kitniyot, R. Judah Mintz, and More
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Who was Reb Shlomo?
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The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a shiur that will be taking place Motzaei Shabbos November 23 at 9PM. The shiur will be given by the noted author Rav Yechiel Goldhaber of Eretz Yisroel...
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Soloveitchick’s Act of Selfless Heroism, 1785
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