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July 19, 2018
Alastair Roberts
Today's Question: "What does the conception of Issachar have to do with Matthew 2:16-18?"
For Rabbi David Fohrman's reading, see https://www.alephbeta.org/course/lecture/tisha-bav-2015.
If you have any questions, you can leave them on my Curious Cat account: https://curiouscat.me/zugzwanged.
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