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Title: New Article
Author: Robert Dorfman Date: Jun 3 2012

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A comprehensive article on this very topic appeared in the most recent edition of Kolmus, this Shavuot. You can read it here: http://shimshonnadel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Birkat-Kohanim-Kolmus-Shavuot-5772.pdf