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What Did They Study in the Yeshivos of Biblical Times?

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(Sources: Bereishis 24:1, and Torah Temimah ad loc.; Yoma 28b, Kiddushin 32b; Nedarim 41a; Avodah Zarah 14b; Emes L'Yaakov, Bereishis 28:11)

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