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Is There Value to Non-Torah Studies: Part 1- The Benefits and Costs; Four Major Flash Points in History; How Did The 19th and 20th Centuries Change the Equation?

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Part 1 of a Series of shiurim delivered by Zoom to the Orach Chayim Hs, Toronto, Canada (2026)

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