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November 1996

Cheshvan—Kislev 5757

Federation Sponsors Hanukah Event and
December 24 Community Party

by Kim Slaton

he Central

Kentucky Jewish

Federation has

two fun events scheduled for

December - a children’s Hanukah

Party on December 8 and a repeat

of the December 24 Jewish
Community Party.

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from 2:00-4:00 PM. All children,

ages 4 and up, are invited to
attend. Younger children are also
welcome, but they must be
accompanied by an adult.
Jessica Ross and Margie
Karp will serve as party hosts.
Come celebrate Hanukah
with the Jewish community. Lots
of fun activities are planned and a
snack will be served. This event
is l‘RFF'
Make your icseiyatrons

Ted & Emma Simpson

The
Jewish
Family:

The Growing
Influence of

International
Adoption

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pages 11-14

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Jessica Ross, co-host
of the Hanukah Party

he Central

Kentucky Jewish

Federation is
thrilled to have Ruth Poley chair—
ing this year’s December 24
Jewish Community Party. “We
all had such a great time at our
December 24 party last year,
we’re doing it again this year,”
said Poley. ,

Last year’s party, which
was also chaired by Ruth, was
held at Imperial Hunan’s restau-
rant where approximately 150
people attended. “With such a
terrific turn out we realized that
we needed a restaurant exclusive-
ly to ourselves, and that is exactly
what we got!” said Poley. This
year’s party will take place at The

Margie Karp, co-host of
the Hanukah Party

December 24 Party

Ruth Paley, chair of the

Italian Oven, 115 North Locust
Hill Drive, hosted by owners
Wayne and Susan Masterman.
The buffet planned for
the evening will include: garden
salad, garlic bread, vegetable
soup, lasagna, tuscan tomato
bread, pasta with marinara sauce,
pasta with white sauce & mush-
rooms. pasta with sauteed vegeta-
bles. vegeholi. pix/3n. pesto pix/n,

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ucts, coffee and tea, iced tea, and
apple juice. A cash bar will also
be available.

The December 24 party
begins at 6:30 PM. Admission
for the evening, with advanced
reservations, is $12.00 for adults
and $5.00 for children ages 6 to
10. Children under 6 are free.
Reservations, check included,
should be sent to the CKJF ofﬁce,
340 Romany Road, Lexington,
Kentucky 40502. The deadline for
receipt of advance reservations is
December 16.

As it was for last year’s
party, everyone is asked to bring
two non-perishable food items
which will be donated to G-d’s
Pantry. The planning has just
begun on the activities for the
evening. If you are interested in
being on the planning committee
for this once a year event, please
call the Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation at 606/268-0672.

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COMMUNITY

In This Issue:

Feature Stories:

The Jewish Family &
the Growing Inﬂuence
of International
Adoption ..... 11-14

Summer in Israel . .5

President’s Spot . . .2
TAI .......... 18-20

Torah Portions . . . .3

The Good Old Jewish
Days ............. 7
Also:

Anniversaries . . . .15
Ask IFS .......... 6
Bar / Bat Mitzvahs..23
Calendar ........ 23
Editorial .......... 4
Hadassah ........ 16 A ’
Havurah ........ 16
OZS ............ 17

MILESTONES

Mazel Tov to:

Avi & Ronit Eres
on the birth of their daughter,
Merav Eres,
September 13, 1996.

David & Kathy Feinberg
on the arrival of their son,
Matthew Edward,
born September 25, 1996.

Bill & Regina Meece
on the birth of their son
Benjamin Eli-Harry Meece,
October 3, 1996.

Art & Stacy Dunahue
on the birth of their son,
Ryan Alan,
October 9, 1996.

The proud grandparents are
Alan & Irene Bloomfield

Martin & Odette Kaplan
on their marriage,

. j (umber 12, 1996-

Erik Cole on becoming a
National Merit semi-ﬁnalist.
Erik is the son of Robert &
Karen Cole.

Ben Auerback on becoming a
National Merit semi—ﬁnalist. Ben
is the son of Samye Miller.

Faith Miller Cole, recipient of
The Woman of Achievement
award, presented by the Business
and Professional Women’s
Organization of Greater
Lexington.

Condolences to:

Meryl Shapiro
on the death of her father,
Arnold Bersofsky.

Vladimir & Zoya Sidorenko
on the death of Vladimir’s grand-
mother, Mindila Schusterman,
September 18, 1996.

Janet Scheeline & Bill Spickard
on the death of Janet’s uncle,
Emmanuel S. Leopold,
October S, 1996

Adam & Sarah Danow
on the death of their sister-in-law,
Rhonda Danow,
October 8, 1996

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November 1996 0 Volume IV, Issue 3

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...Shalom...November 1996

"I remember.

I '1! always
remember . . .

I am a
witness. "

The

President’s

Spot

by Tomas Milch H.

Ah, fall is in the air; the
leaves are turning colors, the air
conditioners scarcely stir at noon,
football from Friday evening to
Monday night, political cartoons
(or TV commercials, depending
on your taste), the World Series,
and last, but for Jews, certainly
not least: Election Day.

As a naturalized citizen I
can tell you that Election Day in
the United States is a very impor-
tant event. The results of our
elections affect the lives of many
who will never see a free ballot or
an honest ballot box. They are of
such importance that many a for-
eign pundit has observed that citi-

. ‘zens of all countries should be -
, able to vote in the US. elections.

Many of our forefathers left the
Old World just for the opportuni-
ty to come to the United States so
they could be enfranchised and be
able to express their opinion
through their vote. Two genera-
tions ago our grandparents fought
and died in war, in part to protect
their right to vote.

And yet, for many Jews
the advent of Election Day is only

a moment of apathy. Politicians
bore us. Their canned, polled,
sound byte attuned pronounce-
ments make us reach for the TV
remote control or the crossword
puzzle. If it rains we might not go
to the polls. But, with all the
attendant banality, the open greed
(or graft), the insincerity and
mendacity in the process of
democracy, as Jews we must
ALL vote! Not that we are a
powerful voting block, not that
we all have the same political
views, not that we can sway the
larger issues one way or the other,
No...! But by exercising our
right to vote we ensure that we
will not, by inaction, delegate our
future to some one else.
. ”more ,

there are many issues that touch
Jews in central Kentucky and
across the world. Welfare, immi-
gration, foreign policy, education-
al policies just to name a few.
Let’s not forget about the separa—
tion of church and state, taxation,
and freedom of speech. I know
how I will vote, and I’m certain
that you do too. Now, on
Tuesday, November 5, let’s go
and do it!

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RABBI ERIC R. SIATON

TORAH COMMENmmr

November 1-2/
Cheshvan 20
PARSHAT VaYera

Three visitors appear
before Avram and he invites them
to stay to refresh themselves.
They tell him that Sari will have
a son. Sari, who is listening,
laughs. G-d questions Avram as
to why she laughs. Sari denies
laughing.

G-d tells Avram because
of the great wickedness he will
destroy the cities of Sdom and
Amorah (Sodom and Gomorra).
Avram pleads with G-d to spare
them if there are 50 innocent peo-
ple, to which G-d agrees. Avram
asks if there are 45 innocent peo—
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'spare the Cities if there'ar
innocent people. Avram contin-
‘ues to bargain until G-d agrees to
spare the cities if there are only
10 innocent people.
Unfortunately there are
not even 10 innocent people, so
two messengers go to save Lot
and his family who are living in
Sdom. Men come to Lot’s door
demanding they send out the visi—
tors to have their way with them.
Lot offers instead to send out his
daughters. The men try knocking
down the door but the messengers
stop them with blindness. Lot
and his family escape and are
warned not to look back. Lot’s
wife disobeys and is turned into a
pillar of salt. Lot and his daugh-
ters go alone to Tzoar. The
daughters are concerned about the
lack of available husbands with
which to produce children.
Causing their father to become
drunk, they cohabit with him.
The two children produced are
named Moav and Ammon and
whose descendants become
neighbors and often enemies of
the Israelites.

November 8-9/
Cheshvan 27
PARSHAT Chayeh Sarah

hecc.”

Sarah dies having lived
127 years. The Midrash suggests
that she dies because she had a
vision of Isaac lying on the altar
just as Abraham was about to sac-
rifice him. Abraham must now
bury her. In the very land G-d has
promised will belong to his
descendants, he owns nothing.
He purchases the cave of
Machpelah and places his beloved
wife to rest.

Abraham sends his trust-
ed servant Eliezer to ﬁnd a wife
for Isaac. Upon reaching Haran,
Eliezer asks G-d for a sign that he
might know the proper bride.
The one who is to be chosen
should offer both him and his
camels water from the well. No
sooner does he finish his request
than Rebecca appears and does

exactly as Elichr has spectlied.

'_ "a ir's'h‘e‘wrshes“
to go with Eliezer to which she
consents. Eliezer returns with
Rebecca. Upon their return, Isaac
immediately takes her to be his
bride.

The translation of the
name of this portion is “the life of
Sarah." Though she is not alive, it
is her death that causes the events
of the portion to occur, Abraham
acquires the first piece of land of
Israel, and seeks out a wife for
Isaac. '

November 15-16/Kislev 5
PARSHAT Toldot

This portion begins the story of
Jacob. Unable to conceive,
Rebecca finally gives birth to
twins. The ﬁrst one born is cov—
ered with red hair and is named
Esau. The second one is born
holding onto the heal of his broth-
er'and is named Jacob.

The brothers grew up
into distinct individuals. Esau the
hunter is a large and hairy man
and is favored by his father.
Jacob is a quiet scholar and is the
favorite of Rebecca. Esau returns
one day from the hunt famished.
Jacob is making a pot of lentil
stew. Esau asks for some and

Jacob tells him he must buy it
with his birthright. Esau scorns
the birthright for the stew.

Isaac commands Esau to
cook him some game after which
he will bestow upon him the
blessing of the eldest son.
Rebecca hears and tells Jacob to
fetch a kid. She prepares it and
places the skin on Jacob’s arms.
Jacob is afraid to try to deceive
his blind and feeble father but
Rebecca insists. Isaac does not
believe the voice is Esau’s, but
when he touches the kid skin on
Jacob he is convinced and gives
him the blessing. When Esau
returns, Isaac tells him that he has
been fooled. In anguish, Esau
begs for a blessing. Isaac gives
him the blessing of the younger
son.

, Enraged, Esau sa s' he

. enact revenge; Rebecca bears and ’

tells Isaac she wants Jacob to
return to Haran to ﬁnd a bride.

November 23-24/Kislev 16
PARSHAT VaYetzay

Jacob leaves for Haran. The first
evening he has a dream in which
he sees a ladder reaching from
earth to heaven with divine mes-
sengers ascending and descend-
ing. Realizing this is a special
place, upon awaking he dedicates
the stone on which his head rest-
ed, and calls the place Beth E1.
(The House of G-d). He says that
if G—d will protect him and pro-
vide for him, he will be faithful
and dedicate one tenth of all he
has to G~d. -

Arriving in Harajn, he
meets a young girl at the well
whom he helps. It turns out that it
is his cousin Rachel. She runs to
tell her father Laban who brings
Jacob home. Jacob goes to work
for Laban for seven years in order
to marry Rachel with whom he
has fallen in love. On the wed-
ding night, Laban substitutes

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of my grand-
mother. Until this last year, she
was always “years young,” not
“years old.” However, after 90
plus years of good health, my
grandmother is now feeling the
effects of a long life on her body.

Recently my sisters,
mother, daughter and I were sum-
moned (via airline tickets sent by
my aunt) to my grandmother’s
home in Connecticut. I got the
feeling this was a “last reunion”
visit.

An injury received a few
weeks ago had left my grand-
mother almost immobile, thus she
remained virtually ensconced in
her favorite comfortable chair
during our visit. Each of us
would take turns sitting by her
chair and sharing a little conver-
sation.

She looked at me and
said, “I don’t mean to be morbid,
but I wouldn’t mind ifI went
tomorrow.”

Straight faced, I
answered back, “But GaGa (our
name for my grandmother) it
would spoil my whole day.” She
laughed. GaGa has, always
laughed at my jokes.

She has also saved my
baby teeth for over 40 years, the
homemade gifts I gave her when I
was a child, and every photo and
news clip that’s ever been printed
containing my image or a mention
of my name.

I remember being about
six-years-old and GaGa was visit-
ing us. Every morning she had a
half of a grapefruit for breakfast.
I had my usual cereal. My soulful
eyes would ﬁx on the grapefruit
until I was offered a taste. It did-
n’t take long before my grand-
mother would pass her entire
grapefruit to me, which I happily
devoured. GaGa would dutifully
eatrmy cereal.

I love my grandmother.
Though her body may be wearing
down, her mind and blue eyes
remain sharp. I don’t know how

many more visits GaGa and I will
share, but I know she will always
be with me.

In the song Hello in
There, Bette Midler sings, “Old
trees get stronger, old rivers grow
wider everyday, but old people
they just grow lonesome waiting
for someone to say, hello in
there.”

I’d like to think every-
one reading this article would
take the time to say “Hello in
There" to their parents and/or
grandparents. We are the lucky
ones, we have the opportunity to
know the generations of our fami-

ly.

I wish I had a dollar
every time GaGa said “hello to
me." Come to think of it, I do,
because she always enclosed one
in each of her cards and letters.
Those dollars are certainly worth
more than the 100 cents they rep-
resent. In fact, those dollars have
made me rich in many ways.

I still love

grapefruit, and now I’m saving
my own daughter‘s baby teeth.
Also, each member of my family
encloses a dollar in every card
and letter sent to my daughter.
The tradition continues.

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For all the parents out there that
are questioning whether they can
afford to send their children to
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story to tell you that I hope will
convince you to try as hard as
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Israel:
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am back now from

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where we watched our ﬁrst sunset

The ship, renamed
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in the Holy Land. The sight of
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Leah, Rachel‘s older sister and
tells Jacob that if he wishes to
marry Rachel he may marry her
after the wedding feast but must
work another seven years.
During this time twelve sons and
a daughter are born to Jacob.
At the end of 14 years,
. Laban agrees that Jacob's com-
pensation will be all the speckled
and striped animals of the flock.
Through clever animal hus-
bandry, Jacob acquires a great
deal of wealth. Laban's sons
become jealous. Fearful, Jacob
ﬂees with his family. Without his
knowledge Rachel takes the
household idols from Laban.
Laban chases after Jacob, but is
told in a dream by G-d not to
harm Jacob. Jacob allows Laban
to look for the missing idols
which he does not find because
Rachel sits on them and tells her
father that she cannot rise because
it is her time of the month. They
sign a pact and Jacob heads back
to Palestine.

Clearly Jacob’s maternal
family (his mother and uncle
Laban) use deceit in dealing with
their own family. Jacob becomes
an apprentice to Laban. While at
ﬁrst he is tricked by his uncle, he
eventually succeeds in getting the
better of Laban.

November 29-30/Kislev 19
PARSHAT VaYishlach

Jacob’s sends messengers to let
his brother Esau know of his
return. The messengers report
that Esau is coming with four
hundred men. He prays to G-d for

strength and does not attempt to
ﬂee. Jacob sends gifts with other
servants. That night he confronts
a stranger and wrestles with him
until daybreak. Jacob refuses to
let the stranger go until he blesses
him (Jacob). The stranger does
so and gives him the name
Yisrael ( "one who has striven-
with G—d") Jacob runs in front of

his family htming \C\('ll tiiiies

Finally he and Esau meet and hug ‘

one another. They then go their l

separate ways.

Shechem the son of the
ruler of the Hivites seduces and
rapes Jacob’s daughter Dinah.
He falls in love with her and
sends his father to propose mar-
riage as well as a permanent
alliance. Jacob's sons tell him the
men must be circumcised first.
The men agree to do so. On the
third day when the men are weak
from the circumcision, Levi and
Simeon kill all the men. They
then bring their sister home.
Jacob is fearful their actions will
inﬂame the anger of his neighbors
against him. The sons reply that
they could not let their sister be
treated thusly.

Jacob and his family go
back to Beth El. They give to
Jacob all the idols that they have.
They travel safely and Jacob
builds an altar. G-d blesses
Jacob. As they return, Rachel
dies in labor and is buried near
the road.

The Torah records the
genealogies of both Jacob and
Esau. Isaac dies and is buried by
Jacob and Esau in the cave of
Machpelah.

FEATURE

Jewish Family Services

by Mo-llye Scinvab

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Want to Help

Dear Want to Help.

It is possible that the central Kentucky community is going to be affected by the Welfare Reform
Legislation in many ways. Some of our community members will be affected directly, Others may be
affected indirectly. The legislation has specific changes and cuts in various programs that may affect any-
one receiving public assistance. The legislation also has specific provisions for refugees and immigrants.
These provisions have the potential to affect the new Americans in our community.

In general, the new welfare law will cut back the amount and length of time federal assistance is A

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Assistance, and other programs replaced Will] Block giants mm cacti state dctei‘iiiining the eligibility crite—
ria, 2) Food Stamp cuts total $28 billion with new restrictions and time limits of eligibility, 3) Child Care
Cuts in effect, 4) 881 (disability benefits) for children and other specific groups of people will have addi—

tional rules for eligibility.
The specific provisions for refugees and legal immigrants are:

For Refugees and Asyleees:
1) Refugees who have come to the United States will have access for federal and state programs for the first
five years after entry in to the US.
2) After the first ﬁve years, refugees and asylees will be barred from receiving 881 and Food Stamps until
they become citizens.
3) After the first five years, there is a state option to bar Medicaid, AFDC, Title XX Social Service pro-
grams until citizenship.
4) Two exceptions exist for refugees 0r asylees:

a) Those who have worked 40 quarters (10 years) in which they qualify for Social Security, and

their spouses and minor dependents.
b) Veterans, active military duty, their spouses and dependents.

For Legal Immigrants:
l) Barred from Food Stamps, $81 until citizenship
2) State option to bar Medicaid, AFDC, Title XX Social Security programs and all entirely state-funded
means-tested programs until citizenship.
3) Exemptions:
a) Refugees, asylees for the- ﬁrst ﬁve years
b) Those who have worked 40 quarters (10 years)
c) Veterans, active military duty, their spouses and dependents

While there is potential for the welfare reform to have effect on our community directly, just as in
any other community, there are some people who may be affected more than others. Just as outlined earlier,
recipients of Food Stamps, state day care, etc, will most likely be directly affected in one way or another.

The new American community in central Kentucky has the potential to be affected directly as well.
If resettled through CKJF, a person will have come to the U.S., and finally Lexington, with the status of
refugee and therefore could receive 881, Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc., for their first five years in the U.S.,

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n ...Shalom...November 1996

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atre the :mmigration restrictions.
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In me early 1020's limited the
mass migration of Jews to the
'c'nited States In the terrible
years of 1933—39 (Kristallnacht
occurred in 1938). when Hitler’s
“final solution“ gradually became
evident. only 157.000 German
Jews were admitted, about the
same number that had entered in
the single year of 1906.

The polls at the time
revealed that 70-80 percent of
Americans were opposed to
admitting more Jewish refugees.

Elmo Roper stated that “Anti-

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:ntitcate the utmriiten code
anti—Semitism. it gained greater
.‘urrcncy after Laura Hohson used
it for the title of her I947 novel
and after Gregory Peck appeared
in the movie version.

It “as commonly known
that gentleman‘s agreements kept
Jews out of such enterprises as
iron and steel manufacturing,
machine tool production. the
petroleum and automobile indus—
tries. commercial banking, chain
stores, and newspaper chains.
Few Jews sat on the boards of
large corporations, banks, rail-
roads, or insurance companies--
even those firms founded or
directed by Jews, such as
Kennicott Copper, American
Smelting and Refining, Sears

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;n prex ious j.ears

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comfortable mlddlC-(ith\ "glam,
to” 471% streets z inc West
Side of Manhattan . was the
established ttiiliASCiillilsiil at
Penn. When I applied for a posi-
tion on the college newspaper,
having written for my high school
paper, I was ﬁrmly informed that
I could apply only for the busi—
ness staff; no Jews were accepted
on the editorial staff.

One of my friends, an
accomplished actor, encountered
a similar rebuff when he applied
to Penn’s famous Mask and Wig
show-mo Jews accepted.

Then there was the huge
fraternity system. Fraternities and

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Shalom...November 1996...

COMMUNITY

Moosnick Lectures to Focus
on Jewish Spirituality

r. Hava
Tirosh—

studies. Indiana
the nature of Jewish
spirituality when she
presents the
Franklin B. Moosnick

Theological Seminary.

cal interpretation of
scripture by rabbis and

certain medieval
Christians.
On Thursday,

April 3 at 10:00 AM,
Dr. Rothschild will
address “Kabbalah and
the Myth of Judaism” in the Seminary’s Fellowship Hall. That
evening at 7:30 PM in Temple Adath Israel, Lexington, she will speak

Dr. Hava Tirosh-Rothschild

ouTwo Homﬁslewishﬁoiximalky; Philosophy and Kabbalah.”

And on Friday. April 4. she will return to the LTS Fellowship Hall and
speak at 10:00 AM on “The Kabbalistie Life of Torah.“

Dr. Tirosh-Rothschild is a graduate of Hebrew University of
Jerusalem in the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah and
Hebrew Literature, and of SUNY at Stony Brook, New Albany, New
York. Her Ph.D. dissertation was written on “The Philosophy of R.
David ben Judah Messer Leon.” Her book on the subject received the
Arnold Vizhnitzer Award for the best work in Jewish history for 1991,
given by the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University at
Jerusalem. In 1992, she was awarded the Outstanding Young Faculty
Award, Indiana University.

Her ﬁelds of study are in medieval and early modern Jewish
intellectual history: Jewish philosophy; Jewish mysticism; medieval
European intellectual history; and Hebrew literature.

The Moosnick Lectures were established by Lexington
Theological Seminary in honor of Lexington physician, Dr. Franklin
B. Moosnick. Their purpose is to enable the Seminary’s students and
general public to learn from outstanding Jewish thinkers and to gain
appreciation for Judaism. This will mark the eleventh lecture in the
series.

Rothschild. associate j

professor 0f religious i Chanukah Party at Amerisport

University. will survey .

1997 _ time. Younger children will need

Lectures at Lexington ‘

She will focus on two ,
expressions of Jewish
spirituality: philosophy ,
and Kabbalah, a mysti— .

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