Thursday, June 29, 2023

Fwd: Workplace Religious Accommodation Ruling; What Makes God Laugh; A Forced Early Shabbos?


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Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 6:57 PM
Subject: Workplace Religious Accommodation Ruling; What Makes God Laugh; A Forced Early Shabbos?
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June 30-July 1, 2023 / 12 Tammuz 5783

 

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