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Alan brill is the coopermanross endowed chair for jewishchristian studies at seton hall university, where he. Torah studies jewish used books is a used book store offering discount book prices. Kehot publication society 6x9 hardcover 430 pages 16 per case. All this suggests that purim is a symbol of concealment, of the hiding of the face of g. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, rabbi sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. Educated at cambridge university, he pursued postgraduate studies at new college, oxford.
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