Tuesday, August 17, 2021

FW: Shemitta and Checking Tefillin and Mezuzos in Elul





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Subject: Shemitta and Checking Tefillin and Mezuzos in Elul

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva

Yeshiva University

Center for the Jewish Future

August 17-23 • Elul 9-15

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by Michael & Yael Buckstein l'ilui nishmas Raizel Shayna bas Meir Mendel and Yisrael Zvi ben Zev

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